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shoot off one's mouth

shoot off one's mouth is the alternative form of shoot one's mouth off.

Meaning of shoot one's mouth off

Verb

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.
    • George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks.1943 July 16, David Deutsch, “Heard in the Lobbies”, in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, retrieved 07 Jan 2010

Forms of shoot off one's mouth

third-person singular presentshoots off one's mouth
present participleshooting off one's mouth
past participleshot off one's mouth
pastshot off one's mouth

Questions about shoot off one's mouth

What is shoot off one's mouth the alternative form of?
Shoot off one's mouth is the alternative form of shoot one's mouth off.

Words near shoot off one's mouth in the dictionary

  1. shoot holes
  2. shoot it out
  3. shoot me
  4. shoot off
  5. shoot off at the mouth
  6. shoot off one's mouth
  7. shoot one in the sink
  8. shoot one's bolt
  9. shoot one's cuffs
  10. shoot one's load
  11. shoot one's mouth off

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