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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

half-and-half

[half-and-half] (1) {adj.} As much one thing as the other. * /We asked the coach if more boys than girls were interested in debating, and he said it was about […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in half

[in half] {adv. phr.} 1. Into two equal parts. * /The ticket taker at the football game tore the tickets in half./ * /Mother cut the apple in half so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fifty-fifty

[fifty-fifty] (2) {adj.}, {informal} 1. Divided or shared equally. * /It will be a fifty-fifty arrangement; half the money for me and half for you./ 2. Half for and half […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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