jump the gun

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to do sth too soon, before the right time

   Minho, let's not jump the gun, here.

   Well, let's not jump the gun.

In the movies · 5

• Minho, let's not jump the gun, here.The Maze Runner2014
• Kat! You jumped the gun!Tenet2020
• Well, let's not jump the gun.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• We can't jump the gun here.Bad Education2019
• Yep. Jumped the gun.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• She jumped the gun. She killed him.Tenet2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton
• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift

From the same entry

• be jumping up and down
• jump down throat
• jump the lights
• jump out of your skin
• jump the queue
• jump the rails
• jump the shark
• jump ship
• jump through hoops
• jump to it
• climb on the bandwagon
• jump to conclusions