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Go Off Half-cocked meaning in English
Meaning of Go Off Half-cocked in English
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Go Off Half-cocked
see synonyms of go off half-cockedVerb
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 Half-cocked
see synonyms of go off half-cocked1.
to go off too soon
said of a firearm2.
to speak or act thoughtlessly or too hastily
: also go off at half cockWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.