shoot off at the mouth

shoot off at the mouth

1. To speak 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 shooting off at the mouth all over town. I figured it went without saying that I didn't want to talk about my divorce at Daniel's wedding, but you just had to go and shoot off at the mouth like that!
2. To be annoyingly or overbearingly talkative, especially in a bragging or boastful manner. There's some guy at the other end of the bar shooting off at the mouth about how far he can throw a football.
See also: mouth, off, shoot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • lip off
  • 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 mouth
  • shoot off one's mouth
  • shoot one’s mouth off
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Bette has a very opinionated head on her shoulders and has never been afraid to shoot off at the mouth. Has the success of The First Wives Club - a monster hit in America - enabled her to stick two elegantly manicured fingers at the Hollywood grey men who initially shied away from a movie starring (Shock!
BETTE: MY FIRST FOR REVENGE; BETTE MIDLER KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO GET EVEN WITH A CHEATING MAN . . BUT TELLS PAULINE McLEOD WHY SHE'LL NEVER JOIN THE FIRST WIVES CLUB