/?h?f?kɑ?k/go off at half-cockUK(USgo off half-cocked)tofailbecause of not being wellplannedor because ofstartingtoosoon未安排好就仓促行事,过早行事SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesStarting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
export
get down to businessidiom
grow
here
here goes!idiom
hit the ground runningidiom
inaugurate
strike
strike out(somewhere)
stuck
stumble intosomething
swing into actionidiom
takesomethingup
the ground floor
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