lip off
lip off
1. To speak (about something) without discretion; to speak too loudly or freely, especially about sensitive topics or information. We would have gotten away with our plan if your dumb cousin hadn't started lipping off all over town. Don't go lipping off about our plans like that. You never know who might be listening in!
2. To speak in a disrespectful, insolent, or impudent manner. You're going to get detention again if you keep lipping off to your teacher. If you ever lip off like that again, I'll tan your hide!
See also: lip, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- mouth off
- run off at the mouth
- run off at the mouth, to
- shoot (one's) mouth off
- shoot mouth off
- shoot off (one's) mouth
- shoot off at the mouth
- shoot off mouth
- shoot off one's mouth
- shoot one’s mouth off