Verb
jump the gun
- (sports) To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
- 1961 Feb 24, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828800,00.html Sport: Higher & Farther]," Time:
- Unperturbed when an overanxious opponent jumped the gun in the women's 60-yd. dash, willowy Wilma Rudolph exploded perfectly from the starting blocks.
- 1961 Feb 24, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828800,00.html Sport: Higher & Farther]," Time:
- (idiomatic) To act or begin too soon or without due caution.
- 1934 May 14, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,754106,00.html Theatre: Pulitzer Pother]," Time:
- Taking advantage of advance press releases, gabby Walter Winchell jumped the gun a full two weeks by announcing in his radio period and tabloid column that the 1933-34 prizewinner was Men in White by Sidney Kingsley.
- 2006 May 15, Rob Hughes, "Uneasiness in Italy as Scandal Widens ↗," New York Times (retrieved 3 Sept. 2011):
- The former prime minister appears to be jumping the gun, pre-empting the legal process that is just beginning to dig deeper.
- 1934 May 14, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,754106,00.html Theatre: Pulitzer Pother]," Time:
- (idiomatic, finance, investing) To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
- gun jumping
- French: faire un faux départ
- German: einen Frühstart hinlegen
- Russian: соверши́ть фальста́рт
- Spanish: partir en falso
- French: agir hâtivement, agir prématurément, devancer l'appel, s'emballer, brûler les étapes
- German: überstürzen
- Italian: andare a testa bassa
- Russian: де́йствовать преждевре́менно
- Spanish: precipitarse
- French: commettre un délit d'initié
- Spanish: usar información privilegiada
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