run your mouth

run your mouth
run your mouth — see run, 1
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Main Entry:mouth
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run your mouth
informal : to talk too much and in a foolish way

He's always running his mouth about what a great athlete he is.

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Main Entry:run

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  • run your mouth — run (your) mouth to talk a lot. He was mean and angry and he just kept running his mouth …   New idioms dictionary

  • run your mouth off — If someone runs their mouth off, they talk too much …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • run your mouth off —    If someone runs their mouth off, they talk too much.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • put (your) money where (your) mouth is — to do something rather than to just talk about it. I finally realized that I should stop complaining about the people who run our town, put my money where my mouth is, and run for office. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form put its money… …   New idioms dictionary

  • run mouth — run (your) mouth to talk a lot. He was mean and angry and he just kept running his mouth …   New idioms dictionary

  • Run — Run, v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of {Run}, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To run… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • run — run1 W1S1 [rʌn] v past tense ran [ræn] past participle run present participle running ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move quickly using your legs)¦ 2¦(race)¦ 3¦(organize/be in charge of )¦ 4¦(do something/go somewhere quickly)¦ 5¦(buses/trains etc)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • mouth — noun /maʊθ / (say mowth) (plural mouths /maʊðz / (say mowdhz)) 1. the opening through which an animal takes in food, or the cavity containing or the parts including the masticating apparatus. 2. the masticating and tasting apparatus. 3. a person… …  

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