quick

quick
I
adj.

1) quick about (be quick about it)

2) quick at (quick at picking up a new language)

3) quick with (quick with one's hands)

4) (cannot stand alone) quick to + inf. (she is quick to learn; he is quick to take offense)

5) (misc.) quick on (quick on one's feet)

II
n.

1) to cut smb. to the quick ('to offend smb. gravely')

2) (misc.) the quick and the dead

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[kwɪk]
(misc.) the quick and the dead
to cut smb. to the quick ('to offend smb. gravely')
quick about (be quick about it)
(cannot stand alone) quick to + inf. (she is quick to learn; he is quick to take offense)
quick at (quick at picking up a new language)
(misc.) quick on (quick on one's feet)
quick with (quick with one's hands)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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