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shot from the lip

shot from the lip is the simple past and past participle 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 shot from the lip

What is shot from the lip the simple past and past participle of?
Shot from the lip is the simple past and past participle of shoot from the lip.

Words near shot from the lip in the dictionary

  1. shot daggers
  2. shot down
  3. shot first and asked questions later
  4. shot for the moon
  5. shot from the hip
  6. shot from the lip
  7. shot garland
  8. shot garlands
  9. shot glass
  10. shot glasses
  11. shot heard 'round the world

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