get ahead of oneself

Fig. [for someone] to do or say something sooner than it ought to be done so that the proper explanation or preparations have not been made. I have to stick to my notes or I will get ahead of myself in my lecture. When he bought a new little bicycle before the baby was born, he was getting ahead of himself.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Grayson	GRAY-sən	English (Modern)
Norina	-	Italian
Gazsi	GAW-zhee	Hungarian
Patricia	pə-TRISH-ə (English), pah-TREE-thyah (Spanish), pah-TREE-syah (Latin American Spanish), pah-TREE-tsee-ah (German)	English, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Aleksandrina	-	Russian, Bulgarian
Anastazy	ah-nah-STAH-zi	Polish