One-stop shopping
noun phrase
Getting whatever one needs at a single place: The days of diplomatic one-stop shopping are over; Washington will now have to take into account not only the Kremlin, but the Ukraine, Byelorussia or Kazakhstan/ The BCCI ran a one-stop shopping center for criminals, corrupt leaders and official intelligence agencies around the world
[1980s+; One-stop was used of service stations by 1934]
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