"shoot first and ask questions later" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "shoots first and asks questions later",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooting first and asking questions later",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot first and asked questions later",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot first and asked questions later",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation."
      ],
      "id": "en-shoot_first_and_ask_questions_later-en-verb-p9uANP6R",
      "links": [
        [
          "consequence",
          "consequence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "first blood"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "guns blazing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "preemptive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "shoot from the hip"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences",
          "word": "eerst schieten, dan vragen stellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences",
          "word": "erst schießen, dann fragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences",
          "word": "disparar primero y preguntar después"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To act boldly."
      ],
      "id": "en-shoot_first_and_ask_questions_later-en-verb-rGjn36Bs",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US) To act boldly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "shoot first and ask questions later"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shoots first and asks questions later",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooting first and asking questions later",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot first and asked questions later",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot first and asked questions later",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "first blood"
    },
    {
      "word": "guns blazing"
    },
    {
      "word": "preemptive"
    },
    {
      "word": "shoot from the hip"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consequence",
          "consequence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act boldly."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US) To act boldly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences",
      "word": "eerst schieten, dan vragen stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences",
      "word": "erst schießen, dann fragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences",
      "word": "disparar primero y preguntar después"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoot first and ask questions later"
}