shoot from the hip

(verb) to react quickly and without thinking

Example Sentences:

A: What are you going to do about the bad economy?
B: I plan to shoot from the hip and see what happens.

Most people like leaders who are thoughtful and consider the issues, but many people liked George Bush because he shot from the hip.

People don’t like our boss because he is always shooting from the hip and making bad decisions.

From the Blogs:

Judge Molloy will not shoot from the hip

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