Examples of use of jump the gun
1. Mr Straw is also said to be dismissive of his rivals decision to jump the gun.
2. However, fuel companies Paz, Delek, Sonol and Dor–Alon decided to jump the gun.
3. I would not like anyone to jump the gun and pre–judge the outcome.
4. I hope they didn‘t jump the gun too soon," he said, waiting for a flight home to Butler, Pennsylvania.
5. And, or so we told ourselves, even if we were letting them jump the gun, we‘d be confronting the same problems in a few years.