shoot from the hip (English, verb)
expansion: shoot from the hip (third-person singular simple present shoots from the hip, present participle shooting from the hip, simple past and past participle shot from the hip)
Senses:
glosses: To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights.
tags: literally
glosses: To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: shoots from the hip
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shooting from the hip
tags: participle
present
form: shot from the hip
tags: participle
past
form: shot from the hip
tags: past