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1 swoop
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1. verb(to rush or fly downwards: The owl swooped down on its prey.) calar, abalanzarse, precipitarse, tirarse/caer en picado
2. noun(an act of swooping.) descenso en picado, caladaswoop vb abatirsetr[swʊːp]1 (of bird, plane) descenso (en picado)2 familiar (by police) redada\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat one fell swoop de un golpe, de un tirón, de una sola vezswoop ['swu:p] vi: abatirse (dícese de las aves), descender en picada (dícese de un avión)swoop n: descenso m en picadan.• bajada s.f.• descenso súbito s.m.v.• abatirse v.• bajar rápidamente v.• precipitarse v.
I swuːpintransitive verb \<\<aircraft\>\> descender* or bajar en picada or (Esp) en picado; \<\<bird of prey\>\> abatirse; \<\<police\>\> llevar a cabo una redada
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[swuːp]in o at one fell swoop — de una sola vez, de un tirón (fam)
1.2.VI [bird] (also: swoop down) abatirse, lanzarse en picado (on sobre); [police] hacer una redada (on en)the plane swooped low over the village — el avión se lanzó en picado y pasó en vuelo rasante sobre el pueblo
the police swooped on the club and arrested eight suspects — la policía hizo una redada en el club y detuvo a ocho sospechosos
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I [swuːp]intransitive verb \<\<aircraft\>\> descender* or bajar en picada or (Esp) en picado; \<\<bird of prey\>\> abatirse; \<\<police\>\> llevar a cabo una redada
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in o at one fell swoop — de una sola vez, de un tirón (fam)
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