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quick off the mark quick off the markVery quick to react or take action. You have to be quick off the mark if you're going to be an emergency responder. If you aren't as quick off the mark with sales as your competitors, you're business is going to suffer this holiday season.See also: mark, off, quickquick off the markquick starting or reacting. (Compare this with slow off the mark.) Boy, you were quick off the mark there! If you can be really quick off the mark, you can soon find the answer.See also: mark, off, quickquick off the markFast to start or try something, as in This physician is quick off the mark in trying the newest medications. This expression comes from various kinds of races, where mark indicates the starting point. It was being used figuratively from the mid-1900s on. See also: mark, off, quickquick off the mark mainly BRITISHCOMMON If someone is quick off the mark, they are quick to respond to something, or to take advantage of an opportunity. He knows what it is like to have his privacy invaded — and has been quick off the mark to do something about it. There are bargains to be had in the sales but you need to be quick off the mark. Note: You can also say that someone is first off the mark, meaning that they respond more quickly than anyone else. Thompson always seems to be the first off the mark with a new trend. Note: You can also say that someone is slow off the mark, meaning that they are slow to respond. There have been complaints that the international relief efforts on behalf of the refugees were slow off the mark. Note: The `mark' in this expression is the line which runners stand behind at the start of a race. See also: mark, off, quick |