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shoots off at the mouth

shoots off at the mouth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot off at the mouth.

Meaning of shoot off at the mouth

Verb

shoot off at the mouth (third-person singular simple present shoots off at the mouth, present participle shooting off at the mouth, simple past and past participle shot off at the mouth)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To boast, or brag, or talk too much.
    • Don't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.2003, Henry Kissinger, Crisis: The Anatomy Of Two Mojor Foreign Policy Crises, page 28
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.

Questions about shoots off at the mouth

What is shoots off at the mouth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots off at the mouth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot off at the mouth.

Words near shoots off at the mouth in the dictionary

  1. shoots for the moon
  2. shoots from the hip
  3. shoots from the lip
  4. shoots holes
  5. shoots off
  6. shoots off at the mouth
  7. shoots off one's mouth
  8. shoots one in the sink
  9. shoots one's bolt
  10. shoots one's cuffs
  11. shoots one's load

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