Choose the meaning of the idiom "put the cart before the horse".

to work very hardCorrect answerYour answerto travel slowlyCorrect answerYour answerto do things in the wrong orderCorrect answerYour answerto make a clever planCorrect answerYour answer

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To put the cart before the horse is to do things in the wrong order.

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Travel slowly is a trap from the picture of a cart.

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Choose the meaning of the idiom "put the cart before the horse".

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