Definitions from Wiktionary (jump the gun)
▸ verb: (sports) To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To act or begin too soon or without due caution.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, finance, investing) To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
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▸ verb: (sports) To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To act or begin too soon or without due caution.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, finance, investing) To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
Similar:
race out of the traps,
gun it,
go off half-cocked,
jump the line,
rush in,
run and gun,
storm out of the blocks,
jump to it,
fire off,
overjump,
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