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great haste makes great waste

great haste makes great waste proverb: doing things too quickly results in mistakes.

Proverb

great haste makes great waste

  1. Doing things too quickly results in mistakes.
    Synonyms:
    look before you leap

Synonyms of great haste makes great waste

  • look before you leap

Questions about great haste makes great waste

What does great haste makes great waste mean?
Great haste makes great waste means doing things too quickly results in mistakes.
What part of speech is great haste makes great waste?
Great haste makes great waste is a proverb.

Words near great haste makes great waste in the dictionary

  1. great hall
  2. great halls
  3. Great Hampden
  4. Great Harrowden
  5. Great Harwood
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  7. Great Haywood
  8. great heaume
  9. great heaumes
  10. great heavens
  11. Great Heck

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