1. he used his wits to get ahead
2. I was scared out of my wits
3. he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind
1. "Great wits jump"
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Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
2. "Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits."
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William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
3. "What are wits for unless a man uses them?"
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Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice
4. "God,’ he thought, ‘never let me outlive my wits."
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Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
5. "Muster your wits: stand in your own defense."
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Maud Hart Lovelace, Emily of Deep Valley
6. "I pity the shrimp that matches wits with you Jeeves"
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Quote by P.G. Wodehouse
7. "When my wits fail me, I resort to self-deception."
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Dean Koontz, Brother Odd
8. "I have taken to living by my wits."
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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
9. "Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person."
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Quote by Mark Twain
10. "Muster your wits; stand in your own defence..."
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Quote by William Shakespeare