- shoot your mouth off
- shoot (your) mouth off
very informal
to talk too much, especially about something you should not talk about.
Don't go shooting your mouth off about how much money you're earning.
(often + about)
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
shoot your mouth off
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shoot your mouth off — informal phrase to annoy people by talking too much about how good you are They’ve been shooting their mouths off about how they’re going to beat us. Thesaurus: to boast or show offsynonym Main entry: shoot * * * shoot your mouth off … Useful english dictionary
shoot your mouth off — talk without thinking, blab, squeal Moe won t shoot his mouth off. He won t tell anybody … English idioms
shoot your mouth off — informal to annoy people by talking too much about how good you are They ve been shooting their mouths off about how they re going to beat us … English dictionary
shoot your mouth off (about something) — … Useful english dictionary
shoot mouth off — shoot (your) mouth off very informal to talk too much, especially about something you should not talk about. Don t go shooting your mouth off about how much money you re earning. (often + about) … New idioms dictionary
shoot one’s mouth off — tv. to brag; to tell secrets. □ Stop shooting your mouth off. Nobody believes you anymore. CD So you had to go and shoot off your mouth about the bankruptcy proceedings! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shoot — shoot1 W2S2 [ʃu:t] v past tense and past participle shot [ʃɔt US ʃa:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(kill/injure)¦ 2¦(fire a gun etc)¦ 3¦(birds/animals)¦ 4¦(move quickly)¦ 5¦(try to score)¦ 6¦(look at somebody)¦ 7¦(photograph/film)¦ 8¦(pain)¦ 9 … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoot — 1 /Su:t/ verb past tense and past participle shot /St/ GUNS/WEAPONS 1 KILL/INJURE (T) to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun: Lincoln was shot while watching a play in Ford s Theater. | shoot sb in the leg/head etc: He had been shot… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mouth — mouth1 W1S2 [mauθ] n plural mouths [mauðz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(face)¦ 2 keep your mouth shut 3 open your mouth 4 (you) watch your mouth 5¦(entrance)¦ 6¦(river)¦ 7¦(bottle/container)¦ 8 big m … Dictionary of contemporary English
mouth — 1 /maUT/ noun plural mouths /maUDz/ 1 FACE (C) the part of your face which you put food into, or which you use for speaking: Don t talk with your mouth full of food! 2 keep your mouth shut informal a) to not tell other people about a secret: I… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
