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Also, quick as a bunny or a flash. Very speedily, as in He was out of here quick as a wink, or She answered, quick as a bunny. These similes have largely replaced the earlier quick as lightning, although quick as a flash no doubt alludes to it (also see like greased lightning), and quick as thought, now obsolete. The bunny variant dates from the mid-1800s, the others from the late 1800s.

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He could deliver a quick, effective speech, or hold a proper press conference.
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American lawmakers were quick to praise the military operation.
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Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
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He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
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All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
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His enemies in the cabinet were quick to perceive when their devices had taken effect on the King and Queen.
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