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

Type of: act, move

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go for broke
go forth
go forward
go game
go home
go in
go into
go it alone
go off
go off at half-cock
go off half-cocked
go off the deep end
go on
go out
go out on a limb
go over
go past
go places
go steady
go through
go through the motions