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The phrase "think before acting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to emphasize the importance of considering the potential consequences of your actions before you take them. For example: "I know it's tempting to cause trouble in class, but remember to think before acting or you may end up facing disciplinary action."
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Think before acting.
It is incumbent on everybody to think before acting.
We need to focus our attention on the problem, and think before acting.
As the carnage and moral ambiguities of Vietnam faded from memory, many started to believe in the comforting clichés of action movies, in which the tough-talking hero is always virtuous and the hand-wringing types who see complexities and urge the hero to think before acting are always wrong, if not villains.
Private speech is used to control impulses and to think before acting.
We really need to think before acting.
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There were four items loading >0.30 in more than one factor ("obedient, item 7; clingy, item 16; thinks before acting, item 21 and persistent (item 25).
A left slant means that the person is quiet, reclusive, and usually thinks before acting.
Even George would think twice before acting as you do these days.
Think before doing.
Think before attacking.
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