"look before one leaps" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-look before you leap.ogg Forms: looks before one leaps [present, singular, third-person], looking before one leaps [participle, present], looked before one leaped [participle, past], looked before one leaped [past], looked before one leapt [participle, past], looked before one leapt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|look<> before one leaps<leaps,leaps,leaped:leapt>}} look before one leaps (third-person singular simple present looks before one leaps, present participle looking before one leaps, simple past and past participle looked before one leaped or looked before one leapt)
  1. (idiomatic) To think before taking action. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: haste makes waste, marry in haste, repent at leisure Related terms: good things come to those who wait, learn to walk before one can run Translations (think before taking action): 三思而行 (saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 三思而後行 (Chinese Mandarin), 三思而后行 (sānsī ér hòuxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 三思而行 (sānsī'érxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), dvakrát měř, jednou řež (Czech), bezint eer ge begint (Dutch), bezint eer gij begint (Dutch), parempi katsoa kuin katua (Finnish), réfléchir avant d’agir (French), erst wägen, dann wagen (German), először gondolkodj, aztán cselekedj (Hungarian), medita prima di agire (Italian), 転ばぬ先の杖 (korobanu saki no tsue) (alt: ころばぬさきのつえ) (Japanese), 누울 자리 봐 가며 발을 뻗어라 (nuul jari bwa gamyeo bareul ppeodeora) (Korean), dengar cakap enggang, makan buah beluluk; dengar cakap orang, terjun masuk lubuk (Malay), pomyśleć, zanim zadziałać (Polish), olhar antes de saltar (Portuguese), семь раз отме́рь, оди́н отре́жь (semʹ raz otmérʹ, odín otréžʹ) (Russian), не зна́я бро́ду, не су́йся в во́ду (ne znája bródu, ne sújsja v vódu) (Russian), поспеши́шь - люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ - ljudéj nasmešíšʹ) (Russian), dvakrát meraj, raz rež (Slovak), inta aanad falin ka fiirso (Somali), antes que te cases, mira lo que haces (Spanish), titta innan du hoppar (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "To think before taking action."
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "medita prima di agire"
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          "alt": "ころばぬさきのつえ",
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          "roman": "korobanu saki no tsue",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "転ばぬ先の杖"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nuul jari bwa gamyeo bareul ppeodeora",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "dengar cakap enggang, makan buah beluluk; dengar cakap orang, terjun masuk lubuk"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "pomyśleć, zanim zadziałać"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "olhar antes de saltar"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "semʹ raz otmérʹ, odín otréžʹ",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "семь раз отме́рь, оди́н отре́жь"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne znája bródu, ne sújsja v vódu",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "не зна́я бро́ду, не су́йся в во́ду"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pospešíšʹ - ljudéj nasmešíšʹ",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "поспеши́шь - люде́й насмеши́шь"
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "dvakrát meraj, raz rež"
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "inta aanad falin ka fiirso"
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          "sense": "think before taking action",
          "word": "antes que te cases, mira lo que haces"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "think before taking action",
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        "To think before taking action."
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      "roman": "saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "三思而行"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "三思而後行"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sānsī ér hòuxíng",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "三思而后行"
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      "sense": "think before taking action",
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      "sense": "think before taking action",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "bezint eer ge begint"
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      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "bezint eer gij begint"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "parempi katsoa kuin katua"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "réfléchir avant d’agir"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "erst wägen, dann wagen"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "először gondolkodj, aztán cselekedj"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "medita prima di agire"
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      "alt": "ころばぬさきのつえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "korobanu saki no tsue",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "転ばぬ先の杖"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nuul jari bwa gamyeo bareul ppeodeora",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "누울 자리 봐 가며 발을 뻗어라"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "dengar cakap enggang, makan buah beluluk; dengar cakap orang, terjun masuk lubuk"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "pomyśleć, zanim zadziałać"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "olhar antes de saltar"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "semʹ raz otmérʹ, odín otréžʹ",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "семь раз отме́рь, оди́н отре́жь"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne znája bródu, ne sújsja v vódu",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "не зна́я бро́ду, не су́йся в во́ду"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pospešíšʹ - ljudéj nasmešíšʹ",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "поспеши́шь - люде́й насмеши́шь"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "dvakrát meraj, raz rež"
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      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "inta aanad falin ka fiirso"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "antes que te cases, mira lo que haces"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "think before taking action",
      "word": "titta innan du hoppar"
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  "word": "look before one leaps"
}

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