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Definition of half-cocked adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

half-cocked

adjective
 
/ˌhɑːf ˈkɒkt/
 
/ˌhæf ˈkɑːkt/
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go off half-cocked (informal)
  1. to start before preparations are complete, so that the effect or result is not as it should be
    • You've got to promise you won't go off half-cocked and do something rash.
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