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'It seemed almost as if the poor man wanted to give us all he knew before going away and to put it all into our heads at one stroke.' Which of these sentences does not use the phrase 'at one stroke' correctly?

A) The smoke choked the joking man at one stroke.

B) I managed to please both buyer and seller at one stroke.

C) Let's settle the matter at one stroke.

D) When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes and their pensions at one stroke.