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
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I've told you they won't go off half-cocked as long as Westfall is on the job.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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