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Suddenly everybody was together (3,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all at once

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

'everybody was together' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (all people).
'was together' becomes 'atonce' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'all'+'atonce'='ALL AT ONCE'

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

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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