go off at half cock

: to move on a course : proceed — compare stop

: to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave, depart

: to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure

: the act or manner of going

: the height of fashion : rage

: an often unexpected turn of affairs : occurrence

: functioning properly : being in good and ready condition

: a game played between two players who alternately place black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines in an attempt to enclose the larger area on the board

: from a place or position

: at a distance in space or time

: from a course : aside

used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

: to seaward of

: from the possession or charge of

: seaward

: right

: more removed or distant

: to go away : depart

: kill, murder

: competition : contest

: either of two equal parts that compose something

: half an hour

: one of a pair: such as

: being one of two equal parts

: that is approximately equal to either of two equal parts that compose something : amounting to approximately half

: falling short of the full or complete thing : partial

: in an equal part or degree

: not completely : partially

: by any means : at all