at the drop of a hat
Example Sentences
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You can't find me a boxer from middleweight to heavyweight who wouldn't fight Paul at the drop of a hat for the type of money on display.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
To summon such challenging and intricate music at the drop of a hat is another of the band’s magic tricks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
Put another way, all his work is connected, even if he’s not going to get into the DNA of it all with you at the drop of a hat.
From New York Times • May 28, 2023
They failed to coordinate search and rescue within their own state organizations and with foreign rescue teams that were flying in at the drop of a hat.
From Slate • May 16, 2023
They joshed you at the drop of a hat.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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