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• Grasp the basic skills before attempting something more difficult.

  ‘But you have to walk before you can run, and I have had to concentrate on brushing up the forward play.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘‘But,’ Doc winced as the glass shattered, ‘You have got to learn how to walk before you can run.’’
  • ‘But I believe that, quite sensibly, the Government of the day has rejected that and instead is taking the approach that first one must walk before one can run.’
  • ‘A point that gets scant attention from Bramble and Lieberman is that one must first learn to walk before one can run.’