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shoot first and ask questions later

verbo shoots first and asks questions later · shooting first and asking questions later · shot first and asked questions later

  1. US, idiomatic To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.
  2. US, idiomatic To act boldly. “These companies are shooting first and asking questions later,” Ms. [Robin] Feldman said. “The field is expanding much faster than the legal system can keep up with. Some of the decisions being made along the way end up biting the companies that have made those decisions.”

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verb To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences

Españoldisparar primero y preguntar después
中文先斬後奏 /先斩后奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu
Deutscherst schießen, dann fragen

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"shoot first and ask questions later." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shoot%20first%20and%20ask%20questions%20later. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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shoot first and ask questions later. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shoot%20first%20and%20ask%20questions%20later

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"shoot first and ask questions later." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shoot%20first%20and%20ask%20questions%20later.

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@misc{shoot_first_and_ask_questions_later_2026,
  title = {shoot first and ask questions later},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoot%20first%20and%20ask%20questions%20later},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}