off the top of one's head

off the top of one's head
{adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} Without thinking hard; quickly. * /Vin answered the teacher's question off the top of his head./ * /When Lorraine was asked to recite, she talked off the top of her head./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • off the top of one's head — {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} Without thinking hard; quickly. * /Vin answered the teacher s question off the top of his head./ * /When Lorraine was asked to recite, she talked off the top of her head./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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