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    half cocked

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    half cocked
    ˌhalf ˈcocked (also ˌhalf ˈcock British English)
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: cock 'to get a gun ready to fire'
    go off half cocked (also go off at half cock British English) to do something without enough thought or preparation, so that it is not successful