faster than you can say Jack Robinson



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faster than you can say Jack Robinson

Extremely quickly; almost immediately; suddenly or in a very short space of time. Once I'm finished with high school, I'll be outta this two-bit town faster than you can say Jack Robinson! I was out fishing one day when, faster than you can say Jack Robinson, a 20-pound trout jumped out of the water and right into my lap!
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Quinn[kwin]
Huw-Welsh
Lyosha-Russian
GloriaGLAWR-ee-ə (English), glo-REE-ah (Italian), GLAW-ryah (Polish)English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish
Chrysanthe-Ancient Greek
Achim (1)AH-khimGerman