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shot one's mouth off

shot one's mouth off is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about shot one's mouth off

What is shot one's mouth off the simple past and past participle of?
Shot one's mouth off is the simple past and past participle of shoot one's mouth off.

Words near shot one's mouth off in the dictionary

  1. shot on target
  2. shot one in the sink
  3. shot one's bolt
  4. shot one's cuffs
  5. shot one's load
  6. shot one's mouth off
  7. shot one's shot
  8. shot one's wad
  9. shot oneself in the foot
  10. shot out
  11. shot prop

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