speak too soon
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speak too soon (third-person singular simple present speaks too soon, present participle speaking too soon, simple past spoke too soon, past participle spoken too soon)
- To say something that is then contradicted by events, normally in an unwelcome way.
- Uh-oh, it's started raining again. I spoke too soon when I said the weather was brightening up.
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