shoot from the hip
Verb
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Verb
- (literally) To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights.
- (figuratively) To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.
- (figuratively: speak quickly based on first impressions) shoot from the lip
- Russian: стрелять от бедра
- Russian: импровизировать
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