"know how to walk before one can run" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: knows how to walk before one can run [present, singular, third-person], knowing how to walk before one can run [participle, present], knew how to walk before one could run [past], known how to walk before one could run [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> how to walk before one can<can,can,could> run}} know how to walk before one can run (third-person singular simple present knows how to walk before one can run, present participle knowing how to walk before one can run, simple past knew how to walk before one could run, past participle known how to walk before one could run)
  1. Alternative form of learn to walk before one can run. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: learn to walk before one can run
    Sense id: en-know_how_to_walk_before_one_can_run-en-verb-lnCK4U0l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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          "ref": "2011, Alan Simpson, Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 9:",
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