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one moment

• a request for someone to wait for a short period of time.
• "‘One moment, please, while I check the bookings,’ the waiter said"

in a moment

• very soon.
• "I'll be back in a moment"
Similar: very soon, in a minute, in a second, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long, momentarily, in a jiffy, in a nanosecond, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife, in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo, in a snap, anon, ere long,
• instantly.
• "the fugitive was captured in a moment"


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