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half-cock
▶ at half-cock
not fully prepared or ready UK- House of Lords reform is at half cock — The Guardian, 14 August 2000
▶ go off at half-cock- generally, to start without being ready; in sex, to ejaculate prematurely or without being fully erect UK, 1904
A variation of HALF-COCKED - ill-considered; inferior UK
- [T]he half-cock selection of artists for this year’s Turner prize, — The Guardian, 6 November 2002
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