go off half-cocked

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go off half-cocked - act prematurely or without reflection or too soon; "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked"

go off at half-cock

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

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go off at half-cock Halfcock halfcocked Impetuousness			The rest of us would never let them go off half-cocked by themselves. This is just not happening: bring on the futurists, curmudgeons and ... by Queenan, Joe / Chief Executive (U.S.) Dunn said that he never heard of the sign permit code being followed; a town commissioner, whom we quote here mostly because we like the bureaucratic language, told Newsday: "Probably, would he have followed the process, he would have been approved by the board of trustees," That'll teach you to go off half-cocked with sexy vinyl in a store window without the approval of the board No Sex Please, This Is Great Neck by Irina Aleksander / The New York Observer The School Department could propose building a new high school or addition to solve the problems, but no town in the state would vote to go off half-cocked and spend millions to solve a crisis without a lot of discussion and a major plan. Superintendent has eureka moment by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			go back go back on go bad go ballistic go board go by go cup go deep go down go down on go Dutch go far go figure Go Fish go for go for broke go forth go forward go game go home go in go into go no-go go off go off at half-cock go off half-cocked go on go one on one go out go over go past go round go steady go through go through the motions go to go to bed go to pieces go to pot go to sleep go to the dogs go to war go together go under go up go with go without go wrong go-ahead go-around go-as-you-please			go light on go light on go like a bomb go like a rocket go like clockwork go like hot cakes go like the wind go live go live Go long Go Look on Google go mental go native go near go near go next Go No Go go no-go go nowhere go nowhere Go Null Yourself go nuts go off go off go off go off go off go off at a tangent go off at half-cock go off at half-cock go off half-cocked go off kilter go off on a tangent go off on a tangent go off the boil go off the deep end go off the deep end go off the deep end go off the deep end go off the deep end go off the deep end go off the rails go on go on go on go on go on go on a binge go on a diet go on a fishing expedition go on a fool's errand go on a power trip go on a rampage go on a spree go on an errand go on an outing go on before go on doing go on doing something go on foot go on for ages

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