quick on the draw
adjDefinitions
Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation
Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act.
- Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best.
- Quick on the draw with a slogan, Mr. Mandelson said he would create a project deserving cheers, not jeers, and promptly changed the sinister-sounding name of the publicly owned managing company, Millennium Central.
- Some advisers and financial institutions are a little too quick on the draw with Individual Retirement Account rollovers.
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