English-German translations for jump the gun

• einen Frühstart hinlegen
• überstürzen
  Daher möchte ich die Dinge jetzt ungern überstürzen und den Vorschlag des UN-Sonderbeauftragten Präsident Ahtisaari vorwegnehmen. Therefore, I would not like to jump the gun and predict the proposal of the UN envoy President Ahtisaari.

Definition of jump the gun

• To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off
• To act or begin too soon or without due caution
• To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information

Related words

• jump the queue
• jump the shark
• tehdä ~) to jump the gun
• jump out of the frying pan and into the fire
• jump on the bandwagon
• after the jump
• go jump in the lake