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Go Off At Half-cock

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Verb

1. go off at half-cock, go off half-cocked

act prematurely or without reflection or too soon

Example Sentences:
'she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Go Off At Half-cock

see synonyms of go off at half-cock
a. 
to fail as a result of inadequate preparation or premature starting
b. 
to act or function prematurely

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