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go off half-cocked

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

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act prematurely or without reflection or too soon

MWE

Classifications

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Cognitive

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Variants

8 surface forms

synonym: go off at half-cock
pasttense: goed off half-cockedwent off half-cocked
presentparticiple: going off half-cocked
thirdpersonsingular: goes off half-cockedgos off half-cocked
pastparticiple: goed off half-cockedgone off half-cocked

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