jump the gun

jump the gun
jump the gun
Fig. to start before the starting signal. (Originally used in sports contests that are started by firing a gun.) •

We all had to start the race again because Jane jumped the gun.

When we took the test, Tom jumped the gun and started early.

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also[beat the gun] {v. phr.} 1. To start before the starter's gun in a race. * /The runners were called back because one of them jumped the gun./ 2. {informal} To start before you should; start before anyone else. * /The new students were not supposed to come before noon, but one boy jumped the gun and came to school at eight in the morning./ * /The students planned to say happy birthday to the principal when the teacher raised her hand, but Sarah jumped the gun and said it when he came into the room./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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