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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When lefties go off half-cocked with conspiracy theories, it does our cause no good.

Mum's the word. (Editor's Note) by Rothschild, Matthew / The Progressive

``We can't go off half-cocked thinking we're better than everyone else,'' he said.

HICKS ISN'T EXPECTING TO FACE SITTING DUCKS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

So we don't go off half-cocked, we still look at the business models, but we do believe, with the likely growth rates of some of these companies going forward, that if the market cap continues to grow along with the growth rates of their revenues, they will become dominant companies and we'll move them out of the emerging growth sector over time.

The Wall Street Transcript Publishes Money Manager Comments on Sun ... by Business Wire

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