cart

Definition

  • noun: a wagon with two wheels that is pulled by an animal (such as a horse or donkey)
  • noun: a heavy usually horse-drawn 2-wheeled vehicle used for farming or transporting freight
  • verb: to carry or move (something) in a cart
  • verb: to carry or convey in or as if in a cart
  • usually + 'off'
  • synonyms: to get the cart before the horse, to set the cart before the horse

Examples

  • People are 'putting the cart before the horse' by making plans on how to spend the money before we are even certain that the money will be available.

  • Let's not 'upset the apple cart' by introducing new rules.

  • We 'carted' some dirt to the garden.

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