jump the gun
Definition: to do something too soon, without thinking carefully enough about it
Example: I told her to wait until the January sales but she jumped the gun and bought the dress the next day.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
A Daily Updated Dictionary of English Idioms
Search Idioms
Subscription
A Phrasal Verb A Day
English Learning Resources
Contact
Archive of Idioms
-
▼
2007
(48)
-
▼
December
(48)
- jump the gun
- a foregone conclusion
- blot one's copybook
- make sense
- (as) blind as a bat
- by degrees
- first and foremost
- be (dead) set against
- at a (single) glance
- doubting Thomas
- feel/go hot and cold (all over)
- Idioms Containing Special Keywords
- Idioms Related to Special Themes
- Idioms Used in Special Fields
- Idiomatic Pairs
- Idioms Used as Adverbs
- Idioms Used as Adjectives
- Idioms Used as Nouns
- Verbal Idioms
- Formal Idioms
- Informal Idioms
- Idioms - A
- Idioms - B
- Idioms - C
- Idioms - D
- Idioms - E
- Idioms - F
- Idioms - G
- Idioms - H
- Idioms - I
- Idioms - J
- Idioms - K
- Idioms - L
- Idioms - M
- Idioms - N
- Idioms - O
- Idioms - P
- Idioms - Q
- Idioms - R
- Idioms - S
- Idioms - T
- Idioms - U
- Idioms - V
- Idioms - W
- Idioms - X
- Idioms - Y
- Idioms - Z
- Idioms - All
-
▼
December
(48)
Copyright © 2008 An Idiom A Day. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the author.