Usually means: Acted too hastily or prematurely.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word jumped the gun:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. jumped the gun: Merriam-Webster
  2. jumped the gun: Wiktionary
  3. jumped the gun: ESL Idiom Page
  4. jumped the gun: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jumped the gun: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jumped the gun: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jumped the gun: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jumped the gun: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jumped the gun: Urban Dictionary



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