speak/talk out of turn

Related to word: turn

Idiom

Definition

  1. To say something that one should not have said; to make an inappropriate or tactless remark.

    • She shouldn't have said those things at the meeting; she really spoke out of turn.

    • I hope I didn't speak out of turn; I was only trying to be helpful.

    • He felt he had spoken out of turn when the manager started to scold the team.