Examples of 'jumped the gun' in a sentence

Meaning of "jumped the gun"

jumped the gun: This phrase means to act prematurely or hastily without considering all the necessary factors or information, often leading to unintended consequences
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  • simple past tense and past participle of jump the gun

How to use "jumped the gun" in a sentence

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jumped the gun
I may have jumped the gun here.
I jumped the gun a little on this one.
I might have jumped the gun on this.
I jumped the gun on that one.
I am afraid somebody jumped the gun on that.
You jumped the gun back there.
The old man jumped the gun.
They jumped the gun on that too.
Should not have jumped the gun.
Eddie jumped the gun this morning.
I wanna know who jumped the gun.
You jumped the gun here lady.
I did realize that he would jumped the gun.
I might have jumped the gun a little.
I jumped the gun a little on that defection thing.

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I have really jumped the gun here.
I jumped the gun a little bit.
We may have jumped the gun a bit.
I jumped the gun by four months.
I am afraid you have jumped the gun.
We have jumped the gun before.
We will tell him we jumped the gun.
Hospital jumped the gun just a little bit.
The competitor twice jumped the gun.
You jumped the gun again.
My uncle may have jumped the gun.
Ryan jumped the gun on the train scam.
And you nearly jumped the gun.
You jumped the gun telling him so soon.
Spain might have jumped the gun.
Andy jumped the gun when he named her.
I read to quick and jumped the gun.
I have jumped the gun a bit.
One of my detectives jumped the gun.
Kind of jumped the gun there.
He does appear to have jumped the gun.
So maybe he jumped the gun a little bit.
Tom certainly appears to have jumped the gun.
You two jumped the gun.
I jumped the gun and got hurt for it.
You mean jumped the gun.
I jumped the gun by one week.
I might have jumped the gun.
You jumped the gun on DeLeon.
I think you jumped the gun.
We jumped the gun and published too early.
Except they jumped the gun.
You jumped the gun to deliberately keep us in the dark.
Turns out he jumped the gun.
I jumped the gun here.

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