Sentence examples similar to quickest off the blocks from inspiring English sources

But his will be no quick, off-the-shelf grab.

But having restructured in record time, it may be quicker off the blocks.

Lochte was quicker off the blocks but Phelps beat him to the turn in the fly, and again in the backstroke.

Khan had been quick off the blocks, the day before, to condemn Ken Livingstone, the former Labour mayor, for comments about Hitler and Zionism which had elevated the explosive dispute to new heights.

Results this week, however, have shown that Henry Cecil is quick off the blocks and, among several short-priced favourites today, his Feilden Stakes runner On Our Way (4.45) can prove the safest proposition.

Quick off the blocks is City University – whose REF result showed the number of staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research had doubled in five years to 40% – to explore the possibility of joining London University.

"You could slip off the blocks".

Arlen, quickest out of the blocks, was a metre up around the turn.

Powell, who was quicker out of the blocks, was second in 9.97 ahead of Michael Frater (10.02).

Hill was quick out of the blocks.

On the one hand his long legs help propel him to the front of the field; on the other, a shorter sprinter is able to move from a crouched position to upright quicker - and so can be faster off the blocks.