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put the cart before the horse

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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?

See also: before, cart, horse

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put shoulder to the wheel
put teeth into
put the arm on
put the ball in court
put the bite on
put the boot in
put the brakes on

put the cart before the horse
put the fear of God into
put the finger on
Put the flags out
put the genie back in the bottle
put the heat on
put the kibosh on
put the lid on

put that in pipe and smoke it

put that in pipe and smoke it

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put that in pipe and smoke it

put that in pipe and smoke it

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

Put That Light Out!

Put That Stuff on Paper (request for documentation; polite form)

Put the "O" Back in Country

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put the bite on

Put the Bone In

put the boot in

Put the Boy Back in Cowboy

put the brakes on

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