Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb go_off_at_half-cock

1 sense of go off at half-cock

Sense 1
go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock -- (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")
       => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")