go off half-cocked
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10513·updated Jun 3, 2026candidate
act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
MWE
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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
Framework definitions
- §1
- act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
- §1 · legacy_primary
- act prematurely or without reflection or too soonDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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