to leap to conclusions meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to leap to conclusions" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Leaping to conclusions can cause harm to yourself and others.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

In the imperative:

"Don't leap to conclusions"
 

NOTE: The simple past and past participle of leap can be either:

leaped

or

leapt
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

Barbara is worried that Stewart is not interested in their relationship any more.  Barbara has been sending text messages and e-mails to Stewart all week.  Stewart has not been returning any of the messages.  They had been getting along very well since they met.

Is Barbara leaping to conclusions if she thinks that Stewart is no longer interested?
Is there another explanation why Stewart is not returning Barbara's messages?

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

Nancy and Patricia are talking over coffee.  They are talking about Nancy's husband, Michael ...

Patricia:   "What's wrong, Nancy?"
Nancy:      "It's Michael.  He's been acting strange for a couple of months."
Patricia:    "What do you mean?"
Nancy:      "He says he has been working late at night but when I phone his work, he is not there.  We have not made love in months and I found a lipstick stain on the collar of his shirt.  I think he's having an affair.
Patricia:    "Well, it sounds like you've already leapt to conclusions before you really know the facts."

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to leap to conclusions"

to make an assumption or determination (often erroneous) about a situation without knowing all the facts
 

Synonyms:
accept, brash, brisk, careless, conclude, conclusion, conjecture, fast, foolhardy, guess, headless, hunch, hurried, hypothesis, hypothesize, ill-advised, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, infer, inference, posit, postulate, precipitant, presume, presuppose, rash, reckless, rushed, snappy, speculate, speculation, sudden, suppose, supposition, surmise, suspect, swift, theorize, think, thoughtless, urgent
 
 

 

This man is literally leaping to conclusions. - - - - ->