go off half-cocked
go off half-cocked also go off at half cock {v. phr.}, {informal}
To act or speak before getting ready; to do something too soon.
Bill often goes off half cocked.
Mr. Jones was thinking about quilting his job, but his wife told him not to go at half cock.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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