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look before one leaps

look before one leaps verb: to think before taking action.

Verb

look before one leaps (third-person singular simple present looks before one leaps, present participle looking before one leaps, simple past and past participle looked before one leaped or looked before one leapt)

  1. (idiomatic) To think before taking action.

look before one leaps meaning in Tamil

look before one leaps in Tamil

think before taking action
ஆழம் தெரியாமல் காலை விடாதே āḻam teriyāmal kālai viṭātē

Forms of look before one leaps

third-person singular presentlooks before one leaps
present participlelooking before one leaps
past participlelooked before one leaped
pastlooked before one leaped
past participlelooked before one leapt
pastlooked before one leapt

Questions about look before one leaps

What does look before one leaps mean?
Look before one leaps means to think before taking action.
What is look before one leaps in Tamil?
Look before one leaps in Tamil is ஆழம் தெரியாமல் காலை விடாதே (āḻam teriyāmal kālai viṭātē). See Look before one leaps meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is look before one leaps?
Look before one leaps is a verb.
What is the past tense of look before one leaps?
The past tense of look before one leaps is looked before one leaped.

Words near look before one leaps in the dictionary

  1. look at oneself in the mirror
  2. look at you
  3. look away
  4. look back
  5. look backs
  6. look before one leaps
  7. look beyond
  8. look beyond the end of one's nose
  9. look beyond the tip of one's nose
  10. look book
  11. look books

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