go off half-cocked

Idioms  

1. see go off, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

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

Frankly, we are concerned that the Americans might go off half-cocked.

From Time Magazine Archive

However dead a shot one may be, the gun he carries on such expeditions is sure to kick or go off half-cocked.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Ward, Artemus