QUICK OFF THE MARK Definition & Meaning

quick off the mark

Fast 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.

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That said, TSMC's boss was quick off the mark in confirming the expansion of the US site at an event with Trump at the White House.

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But while Itula is quick off the mark and eloquent, the vice-president chooses her words wisely, and speaks slowly and deliberately.

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Warrington were quick off the mark at the Totally Wicked Stadium, with Ashton taking centre stage, against a side that had produced the performance of the quarter-finals by thrashing Catalans in Perpignan.

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Marks and Spencer was quick off the mark with its Christmas food advert, which sees the return of Dawn French as a festive fairy.

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Last week, Ucas chief executive Clare Marchant said students would have to be "quick off the mark" to get a place at a top university through clearing.

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