Thesaurus / on-the-spot
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It is true that practical co-operation and on-the-spot recognition of Indian rights had developed in Virginia in the early years.
VIRGINIA UNDER CHARLES I AND CROMWELL, 1625-1660WILCOMB E. WASHBURN"Allus glad to be Johnny-on-the-spot," smiled the older man.
THE CHALICE OF COURAGECYRUS TOWNSEND BRADYThe only way to get history straight, declared the philosophical Burd, is to be Johnny-on-the-spot and see things happen.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS ON STATION ISLANDMARGARET PENROSEHe didn't have a great deal on, I remember, but he was certainly Johnny-on-the-spot that morning!
LEFT GUARD GILBERTRALPH HENRY BARBOURAnd the Shah of Persia, that ought to have been Muley-on-the-spot for at least three, he's got the palanquin habit.
HEART OF THE WESTO. HENRYThey called me Rube, and Johnny-on-the-spot-of-wealth, and Shekels, and a heap of other things.
AINSLEE'S, VOL. 15, NO. 5, JUNE 1905VARIOUSHe heard the chattered on-the-spot news accounts of the happening.
THE PIRATES OF ERSATZMURRAY LEINSTERHenri missed these remarks, for he was Johnny-on-the-spot to retrieve the game.
OUR YOUNG AEROPLANE SCOUTS IN GERMANYHORACE PORTER"Peggy's conscience is such a Johnny-on-the-spot," Amy explained.
PEGGY RAYMOND'S WAYHARRIET LUMMIS SMITHThose who knew him or trafficked with him said that when it came to brass tacks he was Danny-on-the-Spot.
THE NIGHT-BORNJACK LONDONWORDS RELATED TO ON-THE-SPOT
- chancy
- delicate
- dicey
- endangered
- fraught with danger
- going for broke
- hairy
- hanging by a thread
- hazardous
- iffy
- insecure
- jeopardous
- long shot
- not a prayer
- off the deep end
- on slippery ground
- on thin ice
- on-the-spot
- out on a limb
- perilous
- playing with fire
- precarious
- rocky
- sensitive
- speculative
- ticklish
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- tricky
- uncertain
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- unsound
- venturesome
- wicked
- wide-open
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improvised
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
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