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Phrase(s): I spoke too soon.
1. Fig. I am wrong.; I spoke before I knew the facts. • Bill: I know I said I would, but I spoke too soon. Sue: I thought so. • John: You said that everything would be all right. Jane: I spoke too soon. That was before I learned that you had been arrested. 2. Fig. What I had said was just now contradicted. • Bob: It’s beginning to brighten up. I guess it won’t rain after all. John: I’m glad to hear that. Bob: Whoops! I spoke too soon. I just felt a raindrop on my cheek. • Bill: Thank heavens! Here’s John now. Bob: No, that’s Fred. Bill: I spoke too soon. He sure looked like John.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs