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shoots from the lip

shoots from the lip is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shoots from the lip

What is shoots from the lip the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots from the lip is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot from the lip.

Words near shoots from the lip in the dictionary

  1. shoots daggers
  2. shoots down
  3. shoots first and asks questions later
  4. shoots for the moon
  5. shoots from the hip
  6. shoots from the lip
  7. shoots holes
  8. shoots off
  9. shoots off at the mouth
  10. shoots off one's mouth
  11. shoots one in the sink

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