Usually means: Prioritizing tasks in incorrect order.
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  1. put the cart before the horse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. put the cart before the horse: Merriam-Webster
  3. put the cart before the horse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. put the cart before the horse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. put the cart before the horse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. put the cart before the horse: Wiktionary
  7. put the cart before the horse: Dictionary.com
  8. Put the Cart before the Horse: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. put the cart before the horse: Idioms

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verb:  (idiomatic) To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.

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