English Explanatory Dictionary

learn to walk before one can run

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To learn how to perform simple tasks before one can perform a more complicated task.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, walk, before, run.

Pronunciation

En-au-learn to walk before you can run.ogg

Word forms

learn to walk before one can run learns to walk before one can run learning to walk before one can run learned to walk before one could run learnt to walk before one could run know how to walk before one can run

Related words

look before one leaps
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