kill two birds with one stone

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:

kill two birds with one stone

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Achieve two ends with a single effort, as in As long as I was in town on business, I thought I'd kill two birds and visit my uncle too. This expression is so well known that it is often shortened, as in the example. [c. 1600]

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