shoot from the lip

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shoot from the lip

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Humorous variant of shoot from the hip.

verb shoots from the lip · shooting from the lip · shot from the lip

idiomatic To speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter. [A] pair of suburban slickers […] made the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the most popular new TV show of the season. They did it by shooting from the lip, dauntlessly laying down a crossfire of patter that is often more fizzle than sizzle.
Similar: shoot one's mouth off

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@misc{shoot_from_the_lip_2026,
  title = {shoot from the lip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoot%20from%20the%20lip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}