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quick on the uptake

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[quick on the uptake] {adj. phr.}

Smart; intelligent.

* /Eleanor is very witty and quick on the uptake./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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