talk out of turn
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.
Example Sentences
- "Wherever she was, she always essayed the leading social role; and it was seldom that a woman said to her: "Mrs. Volante, you are talking out of turn.""
- ""If the President is wise, he will henceforth confine his press conferences to domestic questions." . . . With these words, Pundit Walter Lippmann last week reprimanded Franklin Roosevelt for talking out of turn about religious freedom in Russia."
- "Because some government officials apparently talked out of turn, the Russians can now engage in ballistics blackmail with our allies."
- "A judge admonished rock star Courtney Love after she showed up two hours late for a hearing on drug charges and talked out of turn in court."
- "The oscillations were getting so severe that painters on the bridge learned to tie down their tins before a train passed. They found holes and rents in the iron but never reported them as they were never asked, and it wasn't their job. These were deferential times, and few wanted to talk out of turn."