go off half-cocked
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
MWEWordset Dictionary
Classifications
Cognitive
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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 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