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shoot from the hip



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Idioms and Phrases

Speak or act recklessly or impulsively, as in Steve isn't very tactful; indeed, he's known for shooting from the hip . This expression transfers the fast shooting accomplished by drawing a gun from a holster and shooting without raising it to quick speaking or acting. [ Slang ; mid-1900s] For a similar transfer, see shoot off one's mouth .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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