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Verb: go off half-cocked
  1. Act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
    "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked";
    - go off at half-cock

Derived forms: gone off half-cocked, going off half-cocked, goes off half-cocked, went off half-cocked

Type of: act, move