hair-trigger
Example Sentences
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Investors appear to have been on hair trigger.
From Barron's
“These things were a little bit on a hair trigger,” Green said.
Rear buttons aside, the Scuf’s other big feature is its hair triggers, which have the quickest response of all the controllers tested here.
From The Verge
He’s in a stage in his career when he’s on a hair trigger to tuck the ball and run.
From Los Angeles Times
A review from The LA Times says Higgins’ book “takes the shine off” Musk, showing him to be “a hair trigger of an executive who’s quick to fire people whether they deserve it or not.”
From The Verge
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