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kill two birds with one stone

Definition

to achieve two things at once: I can bring your suit to the cleaners when I pick up the kids and kill two birds with one stone.
(Definition of kill two birds with one stone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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