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at the drop of a hat

  1. Immediately, without delay, as in We were ready to pack our bags and go on vacation at the drop of a hat. This phrase probably alludes to signaling the start of a race or other contest by dropping a hat. [Late 1800s]



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"He bought Twitter so that he had clout and would be able to - at the drop of a hat - reach hundreds of millions of people," Donovan said.

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Famously, they'll take requests from the audience, often playing other artists' songs at the drop of a hat.

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“I personally prefer being in the office, to be close to my team and to be able to chat through things at the drop of a hat,” he said.

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To summon such challenging and intricate music at the drop of a hat is another of the band’s magic tricks.

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But at the drop of a hat— and I knew this on the first tape, we did a test together — if you help her, she could reach a profound emotion in a second and connect with grief in a second.

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