Question
People want us to join the gun and do something
instantaneous but these things have to be done properly. In each question below, a sentence is given with an idiom/phrase printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by four alternatives. Find out which option should replace the phrase/idiom given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark 5) as the answer.Solution
The correct expression is ‘jump the gun’. It means ‘to do something too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it’. People want us to jump the gun and do something instantaneous but these things have to be done properly.
Find the appropriate answer.
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