shoot off at the mouth

verb

To boast, or brag, or talk too much.

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mouth offrun off at the mouthshoot from the lipshoot one's mouth offshoot off one's mouth
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Meanings

verbshoot off at the mouth (third-person singular simple present shoots off at the mouth, present participle shooting off at the mouth, simple past and past participle shot off at the mouth)

present singular third person shoots off at the mouth · participle present shooting off at the mouth · participle past shot off at the mouth · past shot off at the mouth

  1. idiomaticinformalTo boast, or brag, or talk too much.

    Don't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.

    2003, Henry Kissinger, Crisis: The Anatomy Of Two Mojor Foreign Policy Crises, page 28
  2. idiomaticinformalTo disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.

    Synonyms: mouth off, run off at the mouth, shoot from the lip, shoot one's mouth off, shoot off one's mouth

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.

Similar
mouth offrun off at the mouthshoot from the lipshoot one's mouth offshoot off one's mouth
Also see
shoot one's mouth off
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Chicago

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