Usually means: Rapidly understands or grasps concepts.
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  1. quick on the uptake: Merriam-Webster
  2. quick on the uptake: Collins English Dictionary
  3. quick on the uptake: Wiktionary
  4. quick on the uptake: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quick on the uptake: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quick on the uptake: Medical dictionary

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  1. quick on the uptake: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (quick on the uptake)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Able to readily understand things; aware and intelligent.

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