go off half-cocked
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10513·updated Jun 3, 2026candidate
act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—35%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.