This is one story you don't want to go off half-cocked and read!— Latest Articles
Erbe puts on her Detective Eames hat half-cocked, as she draws on her years of Dick Wolf-ian experience to try to chip away at the case, while wielding what looks like a candle snuffer.— Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
I had more success with a half-cocked slider the last few years than the curve ball, which was supposed to be one of my biggest weapons and it was becoming apparent that it wasn't the pitch I hoped it would be.— Texas Rangers
He is an agitator, going off half-cocked most of the time and definitely commenting on matters he knows little about.— Crikey » Canberra Calling
So, unless there's evidence that the interrogators went off half-cocked and began using non-approved techniques in the questioning, it's difficult to see what the crime would be on the part of the interrogators themselves.— QandO

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