Idiom
gun jumping
Meaning
An act or instance of jumping the gun.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't jump the gun before you know all the facts.”
“The team decided to wait for the official announcement rather than jumping the gun and assuming the project was cancelled.”
“Investors often jump the gun by reacting to market rumors, only to find that the official reports tell a very different story.”
Examples
simple
“Don't jump the gun before you know all the facts.”
contextual
“The team decided to wait for the official announcement rather than jumping the gun and assuming the project was cancelled.”
complex
“Investors often jump the gun by reacting to market rumors, only to find that the official reports tell a very different story.”
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