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What does kill two birds with one stone mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To solve two problems with one single action.
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You kill two birds with one stone a lot of times at work.
If you haven't finished picking your currants yet, kill two birds with one stone by pruning them first.
When will the government finally realize that eliminating the waiting period would kill two birds with one stone by providing immediate cash to the unemployed and stimulating the economy?
It is easy to understand why the Standing Committee on Finance sees this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
Perhaps if we could manage to use those products that are thrown away to rot because they are close to their expiry date or are left unsold on the general markets, we would kill two birds with one stone.
Therefore we are in a very positive situation where we can kill two birds with one stone.

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