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SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF

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• SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF (verb)
The verb SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF has 1 sense:

1. speak spontaneously and without restraint

Familiarity information: SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF used as a verb is very rare.

• SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Speak spontaneously and without restraint

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

lip off; shoot one's mouth off

Context example:

She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets

Hypernyms (to "shoot one's mouth off" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of mouth
Meaning of speak
Pronunciation of talk
Meaning of utter
Meaning of verbalise

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