shoot your mouth off

shoot your mouth off
shoot your mouth off informal phrase
to annoy people by talking too much about how good you are

They’ve been shooting their mouths off about how they’re going to beat us.

Thesaurus: to boast or show offsynonym
Main entry: shoot

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shoot your mouth off — see shoot, 1
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Main Entry:mouth
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shoot your mouth off (also shoot off at the mouth)
informal : to talk foolishly, carelessly, or too much about something

She tends to shoot her mouth off.

Try not to shoot your mouth off about this to anyone.

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Main Entry:shoot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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