shoot first and ask questions later (English, verb)
expansion: shoot first and ask questions later (third-person singular simple present shoots first and asks questions later, present participle shooting first and asking questions later, simple past and past participle shot first and asked questions later)
Senses:
glosses: To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.
tags: US
idiomatic
glosses: To act boldly.
tags: US
idiomatic
Forms:
form: shoots first and asks questions later
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shooting first and asking questions later
tags: participle
present
form: shot first and asked questions later
tags: participle
past
form: shot first and asked questions later
tags: past