jump the gun

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
    — Unperturbed when an overanxious opponent jumped the gun in the women's 60-yd. dash, willowy Wilma Rudolph exploded perfectly from the starting blocks.
  2. To act or begin too soon or without due caution. idiomatic
    — 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.
  3. To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information. idiomatic

词形变化

jumps the gun present,singular,third-person jumping the gun participle,present jumped the gun participle,past jumped the gun past
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