shoot one's mouth off

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shoot one's mouth off (third-person singular simple present shoots one's mouth off, present participle shooting one's mouth off, simple past and past participle shot one's mouth off)

  1. (slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.
    • 1943 July 16, David Deutsch, “Heard in the Lobbies”, in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:
      George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks.
    • 2004 March 28, Alex Witchel, “The Salon Keeper”, in New York Times, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:
      I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened.

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