Found 1 hit - Term: to go off half-cocked, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halfcock \half"cock`\ -ko^k`, v. t. imp. p. p.
halfcocked-ko^kt; p. pr. vb. n. halfcocking.
to set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
1913 webster
to go off half-cocked, to go off halfcocked.
a to be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half
cock; -- said of a firearm.
b to do or say something without due thought or care.
colloq. or low
1913 webster
see also:
halfcocked halfcocking to go off half-cocked to go off halfcocked
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