All in one piece
all in one piece
adverb phrase
Intact; unharmed: She came out of it in one piece
Also, in one piece
Entirely undamaged or unharmed, as in Given all the airport delays and bad weather, we were glad to arrive all in one piece, or She was relieved when he returned from Nepal in one piece. [ Early 1800s ]
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