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put the cart before the horse to do things in the wrong order. Deciding what to wear before you've even been invited to the party is rather putting the cart before the horse, isn't it? cart someone/something away to take someone or something somewhere. We cleaned out the garage and carted tons of stuff away. Investigators were carting away boxes of material from her office. See also: away (put) the cart before the horse to do something that should happen later before other things. Barnhart is putting the cart before the horse by building a stadium before a team has agreed to play there. cart someone off to take someone or something somewhere. Rioters smashed windows and carted off televisions, shoes, car tires, and anything else they could carry. He was carted off to jail. |
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When she arrives in a city, she is definitely conspicuous and gets herself into all kinds of difficulties by sleeping on the sidewalk, splashing in a fountain, and eating an entire cartful of vegetables. It boomed more than 100 years ago when precious metals were extracted by the cartful from its rich earth. Curious George was unavailable for comment, having recently upset a cartful of bananas and undertaken a sky-writing mission reportedly involving the letter "A. |
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