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go off half-cocked

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Verb1.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"
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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The rest of us would never let them go off half-cocked by themselves.
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
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.
 
 
 
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