What does jump the gun mean?
Idiom Meaning:
start too soon
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Rectify “Jacob’s Ladder” (2013)
Time of Scene:
Janet Talbot: Did you jump the gun?
Amantha Holden: Don’t I always?
Janet Talbot: No. You usually face the gun, Amantha. You always have ever since you were a child.
Speed (1994)
Time of Scene:
Jack: Is your watch slow?
Harry Temple: No no. He jumped the gun. We had three minutes left.
Jack: Why’s he do that? He’s losing his three million.
Harry Temple: I don’t know maybe he couldn’t hold his wad long enough. It’s a common problem among middle-aged men. So I’m told.
Jack: He’s here.
Harry Temple: He could have blown that thing from Pacoima!
Jack: No. He knew we were up to something. He’s close by.
Harry Temple: He’s not gonna corner himself in a building. We evacuated anyways.
The Maze Runner (2014)
Time of Scene:
Gally: He has to be punished.
Newt: Minho. You were there with him. What do you think?
Minho: I think in all the time we’ve been here, no one’s ever killed a Griever before. When I turned tail and ran, this dumb shank stayed behind to help Alby. Look. I don’t know if he’s brave or stupid, but whatever it is, we need more of it. I say we make him a Runner.
Frypan: A Runner? What? Minho, let’s not jump the gun here, all right? All right?
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