(figuratively, idiomatic) to make one's preparations after events have already begun: to put the cart before the horse, to start something in the eleventh hour

other people / stranger

a rope, a flexible, heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber

to accept, admit, to approve, to allow / to recognize / to acknowledge / to concede / to appreciate, to witness / to observe or notice

write (some text; a letter); put down (one's thoughts on paper) / eat; put down (a meal) / treat; deal with / prepare / subdue

indication, identification

to point out, to point, to show / to bring up (a topic)

grasp, seize, capture

to twine (into a rope etc.)

to act