Examples of 'half-cocked' in a sentence

Meaning of "half-cocked"

half-cocked (verb) - to be in a state of being partially cocked, as in the position of a firearm's hammer that is halfway back and not fully ready to fire
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  • Not fully cocked
  • Not fully prepared

How to use "half-cocked" in a sentence

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half-cocked
We do not go off half-cocked based on a hunch.
We are not not going to do anything else half-cocked.
No running off half-cocked to do this all by yourself.
You have a tendency of going off half-cocked.
I think you are half-cocked from the moonshine.
I do not go into a business venture half-cocked.
Someone going off half-cocked and risking this op.
We are not gonna do anything else half-cocked.
Going off half-cocked is not gonna solve the problem.
But we are not going off half-cocked either.
No half-Cocked reverends running around, No mayors so afraid of offending black folks.
Can not have you going around half-cocked.
You do not just go off half-cocked doing whatever you want.
There is no sense in going off half-cocked.
You burst in there half-cocked and look what happened.

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We do not wanna rush into this half-cocked.
You went off half-cocked one too many times.
We do not want to go in there half-cocked.
Do not let us go off half-cocked and do something we will be sorry for.
I thought you were heading into this half-cocked.
You have been running around half-cocked since your mother passed away.
Tell them the parents are going off half-cocked.
Rather than run off half-cocked you should have checked your facts.
We can not go into this thing half-cocked.
A little too smart to go off half-cocked with a full shipment o ' gold in that coach.
Maybe he does not wanna go in half-cocked.
I am saying you are running around half-cocked like you are still yanking bail jumpers off the street.
There is absolutely no point in letting it go off half-cocked.
But you guys just can not go off half-cocked without consulting us.
And we do not want any of you going up there half-cocked.
A low-budget independent movie called Half-Cocked also prominently features the venue.
We do not wanna be rushing into this thing half-cocked.
He certainly would not let a couple of half-cocked females call the shots on his life.
I just do not want to get in there and be half-cocked.
First thing you know, you would all go off half-cocked and act like a bunch ofjackasses.
My games make more sense than charging off half-cocked.
No half-Cocked reverends running around, Getting people mad about the wrong thing.
Steel gave the three ladies a half-cocked smile.
Going off half-cocked is not the answer.
The face of the investigation can not go off half-cocked.
You are a community leader, and going off half-cocked like that was not a good idea.
Let me try to calm him down before he goes off half-cocked.
Because I was not on some half-cocked suicide mission.
She thought she heard screams and went inside half-cocked.
Now I gotta worry about you all half-cocked every time you go outside.
Not gonna shoot from the hip or go off half-cocked.
Nobody 's running off half-cocked on this one.
It was just that you were gonna fly off half-cocked.
Half-cocked in these little emergencies.
You cannot walk off like that all half-cocked.

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