having the hammer at half cock: said of a firearm
half-cocked Idioms
go off half-cocked
- to go off too soon: said of a firearm
- Informal to speak or act thoughtlessly or too hastilyalso go off at half cock
half-cocked
half·-cockedWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- (of a gun) Not fully cocked
- (of a plan etc) Not fully prepared
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