Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is jump the gun and its meaning is “to do or begin something before the proper time or before everyone else (mostly used in sports when an athlete (sprinter) starts running before firing the starter gun)”.
Example Sentence:
Parks opened in Paris on the weekend for the first time in months, ahead of restaurants, cafes and bars reopening on sidewalks and terraces on Tuesday. “Paris needs to support its restaurants and bars.
They are the heart of our city,” Mayor Anne Hidalgo said, as some restaurants jumped the gun by opening early, with police largely turning a blind eye (neglecting/ignoring that).
This word is present in The Hindu International Page article Coronavirus numbers cross six million and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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