vor|schnellen
Translation
to shoot forward, to dart forward, to act rashly, to jump forward
Examples
Die Hand schnellte vor.
The hand shot forward.
Er neigt dazu, mit Urteilen vorzuschnellen.
He tends to jump to conclusions.
Grammar Patterns
(Subject) shoots forward The car shot forward from the starting line.
to jump the gun with sth. Don't jump the gun with your conclusions.
Similar Words
vorpreschen (to dash forward), eilen (to hurry); Antonyms: zögern (to hesitate)
Etymology
From the prefix 'vor-' (forward) and the verb 'schnellen' (to spring, move quickly). It literally means 'to spring forward'.
Memory Tips
Picture a spring ('schnellen') shooting 'forward' ('vor-'). This helps remember both the literal sense of darting and the figurative sense of jumping to a conclusion.