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Verb: jump the gun
  1. Begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off
    "The sprinter was disqualified for jumping the gun"
     
  2. [informal] Act or begin too soon or without due caution
    "He jumped the gun by announcing the project before it was officially approved"

Derived forms: jumps the gun, jumping the gun, jumped the gun

Encyclopedia: Jump the gun