Sekirov Dictionary

put the cart before the horse

verb1

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To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.
- To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse. — 1957

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putting the cart before the horse · puts the cart before the horse

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