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you must spoil before you spin

you must spoil before you spin proverb: one cannot expect success at the first attempt; practice makes perfect.

Proverb

you must spoil before you spin

  1. One cannot expect success at the first attempt; practice makes perfect.

Questions about you must spoil before you spin

What does you must spoil before you spin mean?
You must spoil before you spin means one cannot expect success at the first attempt; practice makes perfect.
What part of speech is you must spoil before you spin?
You must spoil before you spin is a proverb.

Words near you must spoil before you spin in the dictionary

  1. you make the bed you lie in
  2. you man
  3. you miss 100% of the shots you don't take
  4. you must be fun at parties
  5. you must be new here
  6. you must spoil before you spin
  7. you name it
  8. you never know
  9. you never know what you've got till it's gone
  10. you never miss the water till the well runs dry
  11. you never miss the water until the well runs dry

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