half-cocked

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half-cocked

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(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (of a firearm) at half-cock

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half-cocked [ˌhɑːfˈkɒkt] ADJ [gun] → con el seguro echado; [plan, scheme] → mal concebido

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In other words, the major media went off half-cocked on a lynch party to Duke, but the posse holstered its weapons and galloped for the sagebrush on the crime at Fresno.

What did or didn't happen at Duke: a look at the case of an alleged ... by Kirkwood, R. Cort / The New American

When the church leadership, which supposedly represents the whole church, goes off half-cocked voting to elect gays to leadership positions, does this leadership truly believe that it is doing what the whole congregation of God's people wish or is it jamming its beliefs down the laity's throats?

Alienation by Danz, George E. / Anglican Journal

Poor students can't go to college because Bush went off half-cocked.

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