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half-cock

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half-cock
Noun
go off at half-cock or half-cocked to fail because of lack of preparation
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Noun1.half-cock - confusion resulting from lack of preparation
confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"


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He was white-haired and amiable, with a deep-lined aquiline face, was addicted to low bows, and indeed, always seemed to carry himself at half-cock, as though just descending into one, or just recovering himself.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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