Brewer's: Quick Sticks

(In). Without more ado; quickly. To cut one's stick (q.v.) is to start off, and to cut one's stick quickly is to start off immediately.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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