go off at half-cock
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—40%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- synonym
- go off half-cocked
- pasttense
- goed off at half-cockwent off at half-cock
- presentparticiple
- going off at half-cock
- thirdpersonsingular
- goes off at half-cockgos off at half-cock
- pastparticiple
- goed off at half-cockgone off at half-cock