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all of a sudden
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all of a sudden
abruptly, bang, dash, hastily, impetuously, impulsively, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, of a sudden, on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, sharp, short, slap, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, unawares, unexpectedly, without notice, without warningFor further exploring for "all of a sudden" in Webster Dictionary Online