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"Quick on the draw" nghĩa là gì?
13 Apr, 2016
Steampunk Pistol. Photo courtesy Andrew Kuznetsov.
'Quick on the draw' có từ draw là động tác rút/vảy súng lục, vì thế cụm từ này nghĩa là vảy súng nhanh (very fast in taking one's gun from its holster), và có nghĩa khác là rất nhanh/vội vã khi hành động hay phản ứng (very fast in acting or reacting).
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