shoot off at the mouth
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[edit]shoot 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)
- (informal, idiomatic) To boast, or brag, or talk too much.
- 2003, Henry Kissinger, Crisis: The Anatomy Of Two Mojor Foreign Policy Crises, page 28:
- Don't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.
- (informal, idiomatic) To disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.