Definition
To focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.
To develop an opinion based on insufficient information or to take action prematurely.
To speak or write in a manner in which one makes points out of logical or chronological sequence.
In Context
- "Montgomerie suspected he was getting ahead of himself. "I think I am thinking about next week too much," he said."
- ""I felt like she plays just one shot at a time. She never gets ahead of herself.""
- "The eager American warriors were getting ahead of themselves. The Allies had neither the troops nor the landing craft needed to carry out Operation Sledgehammer or Roundup or the other code-named plans."
- "Channel 4 News's Samira Ahmed rather got ahead of herself when she told viewers on Saturday afternoon that Liverpool had beaten Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final-even thought it was still 90 minutes away from kick-off."
- "“Frankly,” he said in a moment, “I think the chief constable has got ahead of himself on this one. There's no real evidence the man was murdered.”"
- "Mother sometimes got ahead of herself and didn't think things through."
- "She talked so excitedly that she got ahead of herself and looked bewildered and cried out, "What was I saying?""
- "I think he just got ahead of himself in telling first of the arrest of John, then jumped back to the earlier baptism of Jesus."
- "People often interrupt themselves mid-sentence. Why? Perhaps they're excited over something and get ahead of themselves as they speak."