📚 Think on one's feet, phrase. ❓ Definition: React to events decisively, effectively, and without prior thought. ❗️ Examples: 1. I am sort of thinking on my feet here as I react to the information from my two correspondents and from other sources. 2. How the candidates think on their feet and react to the audience can be a telling sign as to how they will act once they are in office. 3. I can see Dallas not knowing what to do, but the other three are veterans and talk about not thinking on your feet or reacting to circumstances. 4. She was improvising and having to think on her feet. 5. He thought on his feet, a very bright individual as far as prisoners go. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic