"quick on the draw" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "quicker on the draw",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "quickest on the draw",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "quicker on the draw",
        "sup": "quickest on the draw"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Zane Grey, The Lone Star Ranger",
          "text": "Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 July 28, Warren Hoge, “Where Time Begins, a Millennium Pleasure Dome”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-05-29",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 24, Ed Slott, “Five Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make”, in forbes.com, retrieved 2011-05-29",
          "text": "Some advisers and financial institutions are a little too quick on the draw with Individual Retirement Account rollovers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "quick on the uptake"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "quick-witted"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quick on the draw"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quicker on the draw",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quickest on the draw",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "quicker on the draw",
        "sup": "quickest on the draw"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "quick on the uptake"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Zane Grey, The Lone Star Ranger",
          "text": "Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 July 28, Warren Hoge, “Where Time Begins, a Millennium Pleasure Dome”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-05-29",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 24, Ed Slott, “Five Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make”, in forbes.com, retrieved 2011-05-29",
          "text": "Some advisers and financial institutions are a little too quick on the draw with Individual Retirement Account rollovers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "quick-witted"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quick on the draw"
}