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

Derived forms: going off at half-cock, goes off at half-cock, gone off at half-cock, went off at half-cock

Type of: act, move

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go forth
go forward
go game
go hang
go home
go in
go into
go it alone
go mental
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 phut
go places
go steady