learn to walk before one can run (English, verb)
expansion: learn to walk before one can run (third-person singular simple present learns to walk before one can run, present participle learning to walk before one can run, simple past and past participle learned to walk before one could run or learnt to walk before one could run)
Senses:
glosses: Before one can perform a complicated task, one has to learn how to perform more simple tasks.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, walk, before, run.
Forms:
form: learns to walk before one can run
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: learning to walk before one can run
tags: participle
present
form: learned to walk before one could run
tags: participle
past
form: learned to walk before one could run
tags: past
form: learnt to walk before one could run
tags: participle
past
form: learnt to walk before one could run
tags: past
form: know how to walk before one can run
tags: alternative