Usually means: Acting before the appropriate time.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word jumping the gun:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. jumping the gun: Merriam-Webster
  2. jumping the gun: Wiktionary
  3. jumping the gun: Dictionary.com
  4. jumping the gun: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. jumping the gun: Legal dictionary

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

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

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. jumping the gun: Idioms



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