go off half-cocked
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Never has it been easier to go off half-cocked.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2023
"He's got to think of all the possibilities before he does something. He's not going to go off half-cocked."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2015
"The last thing you want to do...is go off half-cocked and write an angry review or one that belittles a customer."
From Inc • Jan. 14, 2011
Says a State Department official: "The Brits were just seeking to reassure themselves that we were not planning to take out a country, or go off half-cocked."
From Time Magazine Archive
He sat on the edge of his chair, wizen, anxious, fidgety, loaded with objections, and ready to go off half-cocked.
From Mr. Opp by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
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