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speak too soon



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Idioms and Phrases

Assume something prematurely, as in I guess I spoke too soon about moving to Boston; I didn't get the job after all .
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Then, he chuckled and added: “Now I’ve got a couple of years to go, so I don’t want to speak too soon.”

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I don't want to speak too soon, but so far, the Republican noise machine has been — dare I say? — underwhelming.

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The Chicago Bears confidently announced that Andy Dalton was their starter last month when they signed him to a one-year contract but did they speak too soon?

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“So even just that aspect is important. We’re in the process of figuring out what exactly we want to accomplish. I definitely don’t want to speak too soon or give away anything, but with Dell Loy Hansen, making our first statement was important.”

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“I don’t want to speak too soon because all of these identified alternate care facilities need to be in a state of some kind of readiness in the event that there’s a surge, either because, God forbid, we reopen too fast or because there’s a surge that people expect in the fall.”

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