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Jump the gun

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  1. 1
    To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.

    "Unperturbed when an overanxious opponent jumped the gun in the women's 60-yd. dash, willowy Wilma Rudolph exploded perfectly from the starting blocks."

  2. 2
    To act or begin too soon or without due caution. idiomatic

    "Taking advantage of advance press releases, gabby Walter Winchell jumped the gun a full two weeks by announcing in his radio period and tabloid column that the 1933-34 prizewinner was Men in White by Sidney Kingsley."

  3. 3
    To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information. idiomatic

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