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单词 at half-cock
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at half-cock

1(Of a gun) with the cock partly raised.We test that by putting the hammer at half-cock, then suspending the gun by the trigger, so that the entire weight of the gun is bearing on the half-cock....
  • Should I keep it at half cock with the safety on?
1.1When only partly ready: the postponement saved the army from setting off another attack at half-cock...
  • We've got this brand spanking-new ship working at half-cock.
  • Never one to approach life at half-cock, she has indulged herself in jaunts here and there and the occasional spectacular jolly.
  • Unfortunately for the British, its plans had been revealed to the Haganah and the operation went off at half-cock.
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