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jumped the gun

VERB

get a head start

Synonyms

WEAK

beat someone to the punch beat the gun preempt

Example Sentences

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So much so that the state senator from San Francisco jumped the gun this fall, entering the race to fill the former House speaker’s seat in Congress before she announced her retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Law firms that jumped the gun in using AI to write legal documents have been apologizing for the predictable errors.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

Sultana appears to have jumped the gun, taking not just Corbyn but others involved in the project by surprise.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

“The press has jumped the gun on their reporting, excluding vital details on the contracts and our auditing system,” Walters wrote in the memo, obtained by The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

The Fair Play settlers had not "jumped the gun" on independence, although they participated in the movement.

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.