Question

Jump the Gun to do or say something before you should; to act prematurely or hastily

Accepted Answer

I couldn't wait to give my mother her Mother's Day gift, so I jumped the gun and gave it to her a week early. In the early 1900s this expression was "to beat the pistol." It referred to someone starting a race before the starter's pistol was fired Later the saying changed to "jump the gun," perhaps because of the repetition of the "u" sound in the middle of "jump" and "gun."

Idiom	Jump the Gun
Example	I couldn't wait to give my mother her Mother's Day gift, so I jumped the gun and gave it to her a week early.
Meaning	to do or say something before you should; to act prematurely or hastily
Origin	In the early 1900s this expression was "to beat the pistol." It referred to someone starting a race before the starter's pistol was fired Later the saying changed to "jump the gun," perhaps because of the repetition of the "u" sound in the middle of "jump" and "gun."

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