quick on the draw
Ready with responses
Quick on the draw means fast to react, especially in responding to a challenge or seizing an opportunity.
The phrase comes from gunfighting, where drawing your pistol first could save your life.
Now it applies to any rapid response: She's quick on the draw with comebacks, You'll need to be quick on the draw if you want those concert tickets.
- promptIncite to action
- readySuitable for use now
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
- sharp-wittedIntellectually quick and perceptive
- think fastMake snap decisions
on your toes · swift · alert · snap judgment · resourceful · acute · vigilant · split second · Wild West · decisive · responsive · holster · ready aim fire · trigger finger · hair trigger · rapid · prepared · speedy
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- skill idiomsknow the ropes, cut the mustard, on the ball, sharp as a tack, jack of all trades
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, in no time, lickety-split, lickety split, like lightning
quick on the drawslow
Lacking in speed
slow to react · slow on the uptake · sluggish · behind the curve · slow off the mark
quick on the drawhesitant
Slow to act
indecisive · wishy-washy · dithering · vacillating · gun-shy
quick on the drawslow-witted
Lacking mental quickness
dull · slow on the uptake · dense · obtuse · dim
quick, quicker, quickest, quickly, quicken, quickens, quickened, quickening, quickness