Slang Dictionary
go off half-cocked
- in.
to proceed without knowing all the facts. : The boss went off half-cocked and exploded into a rage about the mess.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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half-cocked
- mod.
unprepared. (See also go off half-cocked.) : So he's half-cocked. So what?
- mod.
alcohol intoxicated. : He just sat there, half-cocked and singing.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
go off half-cocked
see go off, def. 1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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[haf-kokt, hahf-] 
