speak out of turn
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“I think they have an idea, but it’s nothing for certain, so I don’t want to speak out of turn.”
From Los Angeles Times
One man told me "he's from a good family, who've lived here for years", but people were nervous to speak out of turn, worried about upsetting Charley's family.
From BBC
I don’t want to speak out of turn.
From Los Angeles Times
“We were not sure about whether or not we would be able to use that bulk material and didn't want to speak out of turn until we knew that there was something that we could actually do with it,” Coller says.
From Science Magazine
If they speak out of turn to the referee, they are subbed off.
From BBC
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