shoot one’s mouth off
shoot (one's) mouth off
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 his mouth off 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 your mouth off 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 his mouth off about how far he can throw a football.
See also: mouth, off, shoot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
shoot one’s mouth off
tv. to brag; to tell secrets. So you had to go and shoot off your mouth about the bankruptcy proceedings!
See also: mouth, off, shoot
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- lip off
- mouth off
- run off at the mouth
- run off at the mouth, to
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