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[cart before
the horse (to put)] {n. phr.}, {informal} Things in wrong order; something
backwards or mixed up. - An overused expression. Usually used with "put" but
sometimes with "get" or "have".
When the salesman wanted money for goods he
hadn't delivered, I told him he was putting the cart before the horse.
To get
married first and then get a job is getting the cart before
the horse.
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