before

*before someone

ahead of or in front of someone in order. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; go ~.) Who is before Mary? I am before all of you.

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About time too! age before beauty ahead of time appear before be before time Be just before you're generous before before can say Jack Robinson before could blink before know it before last before long before time before you can say before you can say Jack Robinson before you know it bend before bow before bring before Business before pleasure cast pearls before swine come before Coming events cast their shadows before

count chickens before they hatch Cowards die many times before their death cringe before cross a bridge before one comes to it cry before one is hurt dangle before darkest hour is just before the dawn Don't cry before you are hurt Don't put the cart before the horse Fingers were made before forks go before go on before grovel before haul before Haven't I seen you somewhere before? It's always darkest just before the dawn lay before lie ahead of Look before you leap lull before the storm Never ask pardon before you are accused place before Pride comes before a fall

Pride goes before a fall prostrate oneself before put the cart before the horse quail before reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall run before can walk see in hell before send before set before sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night summon before swim before eyes take before the calm before the storm the cart before the horse The darkest hour is just before the dawn the lull before the storm think before doing up before use before We must learn to walk before we can run would see in hell before would You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die