quick on the draw
Adjective
Meaning
quick on the draw (comparative quicker on the draw, superlative quickest on the draw)
(idiomatic) Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act.
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Examples
It's easy to be quick on the draw when no one has got real bullets.
The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.