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not miss/skip a beat
idiom informal
to not pause or show any uncertainty, usually when this is surprising:
"That's what I thought," replied Olivia, without missing a beat.
He lost the arguments and, without skipping a beat, went on to implement the very policies he had just lobbied against.
mainly US
to do something without any mistakes or failures:
The player hasn't missed a beat this year, scoring three touchdowns in his first three games.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hurrying and doing things quickly
accelerate
acceleration
against the clockidiom
against time/the clockidiom
alacrity
dash
get a wiggle onidiom
grab-and-go
grease
hacky
haste
prompt
promptness
quickie
rattle something off
rattle through something
rush into something
snap
stroke
tear
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