Examples of use of quick off the mark
1. If these people had been on wages they wouldn‘t have been so quick off the mark to sack them.
2. A spokesman said students had heeded advice to be quick off the mark in response to competition for places.
3. But he is quick off the mark with one word when asked about the reasons for a three–week–old Russian ban on Georgian wine: politika.
4. Spain had been quick off the mark, with striker David Villa going close after five minutes when he fired a rasping shot into the side netting.
5. If they are quick off the mark, the Liberal Democrats could set a radical tone for the national political conversation – if Campbell can seize the day.