know how to walk before one can run

English

Verb

know how to walk before one can run (third-person singular simple present knows how to walk before one can run, present participle knowing how to walk before one can run, simple past knew how to walk before one could run, past participle known how to walk before one could run)

1. Alternative form of learn to walk before one can run.
   • 2011, Alan Simpson, Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 9:

     Just like you need to know how to walk before you can run, you need to know how to use Access before you can start to use Access VBA.