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shoot from the hip

vb. 1 (context literally English) To shoot a firearm as soon as it is unholstered (still near the hip), without taking time to aim via the gunsights. 2 (context figuratively English) To react quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, and so on.

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Shoot from the Hip

Shoot from the Hip is the second album released by British pop– dance singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. It was released by Polydor Records on 27 October 2003, and was produced by Gregg Alexander, Matt Rowe, Jeremy Wheatley and Damian LeGassick.

Usage examples of "shoot from the hip".

He sat with the wound beginning to throb, and knowing if he shot now he was going to have to shoot from the hip.

The grenade takes a home-team bounce, you spin and shoot from the hip and luck out.

Followed several studies of the fighting face of Two-Gun Benson, grim and rigid, about to shoot from the hip.

People are looking for scapegoats and Lotte has to shoot from the hip, get herself smeared and now, hell, on the run.

There would be his hand at his side, and in a flash he would have the gun in it, ready to shoot from the hip.