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Answer for the clue "Article supporting politician in gaol leads UN to act prematurely ", 12 letters:
jump the gun

Word definitions for jump the gun in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jump the Gun was an Irish pop/rock band, best known for competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song " Take Him Home ". They scored 79 points, finishing eighth in the contest. Jump The Gun was succeeded by Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context sports English) To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off. 2 (context idiomatic English) To act or begin too soon or without due caution. 3 (context idiomatic finance investing English) To trade security based on information ...

Usage examples of jump the gun.

He'd resisted the impulse to scour around Tamarind, wait, look, talk up the locals, jump the gun on LAPD.

She was sending Hendriksson because she thought Walker might be inclined to jump the gun in a tricky situation.

If you jump the gun, this is going to backfire so fast you won't even see it happen.

He knew Iyeyasu was going to do it, so he decided he had to jump the gun.

Russ told me a half dozen times to take it easy and not jump the gun.

Starts at sundown, theoretically, but there are many who jump the gun.