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Not everyone stands up in a church together (3,2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

all at once

'together' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not everyone stands up in a church' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'stands up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'not'+'all'='notall'
'notall' backwards is 'llaton'.
'a'+'ce'='ace'
'llaton' placed into 'ace' is 'ALL AT ONCE'.

(Other definitions for all at once that I've seen before include "Without warning" , "Simultaneously - immediately" , "Suddenly" , "Together" , "How daffodils appeared to Wordsworth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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