look before sb leap

/lˈʊk bɪfˌɔː ˌɛsbˈiː lˈiːp/

/lˈʊk bɪfˌoːɹ ˌɛsbˈiː lˈiːp/

[phrase]

to look before sb leap

[PHRASE]

to consider all the possible outcomes of one's action before doing it

Examples

1. Look before you leap.

2. Intuitively, we have this idea that you want to look before you leap.

3. The best argument for Lamone is look before you leap, because you may want to fix this map because it looks so bad to you, but anything that you announce is going to have to be implemented by lower courts.

4. So you can look before you leap, but have the good sense to know that hitting water from great heights will bust you up.