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speak out of turn
Idioms and Phrases
see out of turn , def. 2.Example Sentences
You wouldn’t want to cross her or speak out of turn.
“I think they have an idea, but it’s nothing for certain, so I don’t want to speak out of turn.â€
One man told me "he's from a good family, who've lived here for years", but people were nervous to speak out of turn, worried about upsetting Charley's family.
I don’t want to speak out of turn.
“We were not sure about whether or not we would be able to use that bulk material and didn't want to speak out of turn until we knew that there was something that we could actually do with it,†Coller says.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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