shoot off one's mouth

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[shoot off one's mouth] or [shoot off one's face] {v. phr.}, {slang} To give opinions without knowing all the facts; talk as if you know everything.

* /Tom has never been to Florida, but he's always shooting his mouth off about how superior Florida is to California./

* /I want to study the problem before I shoot off my face./

* /The editor of the newspaper is always shooting his mouth off about the trouble in Africa./

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	{slang} ⁵⁹³ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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