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11Jump the gun — • If you start something too early, you jump the gun. • If you jump the gun, you start doing something before the appropriate time …
12jump the gun — verb a) to begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off Shoe designers jump the gun on priorities; use substitutes while leather is available [ …
13jump the gun — tv. to start too soon; to start before the starting signal. □ Don’t jump the gun again. Wait till I tell you. D The secretary jumped the gun and gave out the letters too soon …
14jump the gun — act too soon, leave early A good chef waits until the food is cooked. Don t jump the gun …
15jump the gun (to) — Start too soon (track and field). ► “ ‘To be honest, we are more concerned about having them [PC makers] jump the gun than be late,’ Mr. Silverberg said.” (Wall Street Journal, June 6, 1995, p. B16) …
16To jump the gun — Jump Jump, v. t. 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. [1913 Webster] 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]… …
17jump the gun — start before you should He jumped the gun and started selling the tickets before he should …
18jump the gun — informal several radio stations have jumped the gun by announcing winners long before the polls have closed in certain districts Syn: act prematurely, act too soon, be too/overly hasty, be precipitate, be rash; informal be ahead of oneself …
19jump the gun — informal act before the appropriate time. → gun …
20jump the gun — phrasal 1. to start in a race before the starting signal 2. to act, move, or begin something before the proper time …
