How to pronounce “shoot from the hip”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (literally) To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights.
• (figuratively) To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.

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