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go off half-cocked

vb. (context idiomatic colloquial English): To take a premature or ill-considered action.

WordNet

go off half-cocked

v. 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" [syn: go off at half-cock]