go off halfcocked

See also: go off half-cocked

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go off halfcocked (third-person singular simple present goes off halfcocked, present participle going off halfcocked, simple past went off halfcocked, past participle gone off halfcocked)

  1. (of a firearm) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock.
  2. (slang) To do or say something without due thought or care.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for go off halfcocked under halfcock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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