get ahead of oneself (English, verb)
expansion: get ahead of oneself (third-person singular simple present gets ahead of oneself, present participle getting ahead of oneself, simple past got ahead of oneself, past participle (UK) got ahead of oneself or (US) gotten ahead of oneself)
Senses:
glosses: To focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To develop an opinion based on insufficient information or to take action prematurely.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To speak or write in a manner in which one makes points out of logical or chronological sequence.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: gets ahead of oneself
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: getting ahead of oneself
tags: participle
present
form: got ahead of oneself
tags: past
form: got ahead of oneself
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gotten ahead of oneself
tags: US
participle
past