Definition of in a heartbeat

in a heartbeat    

adverb

• quickly.

  If it was in the company's best interest to fire you, they'd do it in a heartbeat.

  • See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.

  Last edited on Jan 17 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 17 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'fast, quick, quickly':
scream	Definitions include: to be strongly in agreement.
quick	Definitions include: "quickly".
jet	Definitions include: to leave.
at the drop of a hat	Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
double-time it	Definitions include: to do something quickly.
haul *ss	Definitions include: to move quickly.
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
fast-track	Definitions include: to make a process happen more quickly, often by skipping steps.
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
like crap through a goose	Definitions include: quickly.
automagically	Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical.
New York minute	Definitions include: a brief amount of time.
like a bat out of hell	Definitions include: quickly.
nippy	Definitions include: fast.
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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
a dog with two d*cks	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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