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shooting from the lip

shooting from the lip is the present participle and gerund of shoot from the lip.

Meaning of shoot from the lip

Verb

shoot from the lip (third-person singular simple present shoots from the lip, present participle shooting from the lip, simple past and past participle shot from the lip)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter.
    • [A] pair of suburban slickers […] made the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the most popular new TV show of the season. They did it by shooting from the lip, dauntlessly laying down a crossfire of patter that is often more fizzle than sizzle.1967 June 20, “Television: Mothers' Brothers”, in Time, retrieved 10 May 2018

Questions about shooting from the lip

What is shooting from the lip the present participle and gerund of?
Shooting from the lip is the present participle and gerund of shoot from the lip.

Words near shooting from the lip in the dictionary

  1. shooting daggers
  2. shooting down
  3. shooting first and asking questions later
  4. shooting for the moon
  5. shooting from the hip
  6. shooting from the lip
  7. shooting galleries
  8. shooting gallery
  9. shooting glasses
  10. shooting ground
  11. shooting grounds

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