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before you can say

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before you can say something
surprisingly quickly. This bow shoots so fast, the arrow is in the target before you can say “gee whiz!”
Usage notes: often the word or phrase that follows before you can say is related to the situation you are talking about: In summer, food goes bad before you can say “heat wave!”
Etymology: an older form of this expression is before you can say Jack Robinson
See also: before, can, say
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