go on before (someone)

1. Literally, to move or travel in front of someone or something. Ben will go on before us, and we'll follow him in our car, OK?

2. To die after someone else (named after "before") has already died. Grandpa went on before Grandma, although she only lived another six months without him.

go on before

(someone)

1. Lit. to precede someone. Please go on before me. I will follow. She went on before.

2. Euph. to die before someone. Uncle Herman went on before Aunt Margaret by a few years. He went before her, although we had all thought it would be the other way around.

See also: before, go, on

Idioms browser ?

▲
go off in a huff
go off on
go off on (one)
go off on a tangent
go off on someone
go off one's chump/head/rocker, to
go off the boil
go off the deep end
go off the handle
go off the hooks
go off the rails
go off the reservation
go off-kilter
go on
go on (and on) about (something)
go on (doing something)
go on a binge
go on a diet
go on a rampage
go on about someone/something
go on an errand
go on and on
go on and on about someone/something
go on at (one)
go on before
go on before (someone)
go on for ages
go on for an age
go on record
go on relief
go on strike
go on the block
go on the dole
go on the fritz
go on the game
go on the offensive
go on the prowl
go on the rampage
go on the razzle
go on the rocks
go on the scrounge (for something)
go on the sick list
go on the stage
go on tick
go on to
go on to (something)
go on to a better land
go on tour
go on welfare
go on with
go on with (something)
▼

Full browser ?

▲
go on a diet
go on a fishing expedition
go on a fool's errand
go on a high note
go on a power trip
go on a rampage
go on a tangent
go on about
go on about someone/something
go on about something
go on an errand
go on and on
go on and on about
go on and on about someone/something
go on at
go on at
go on at
go on at
go on at
go on at (one)
go on at her
go on at him
go on at me
go on at one
go on at somebody
go on at someone
go on at them
go on at us
go on at you
go on before
go on before (someone)
go on before her
go on before him
go on before me
go on before one
go on before somebody
go on before someone
go on before them
go on before us
go on before you
go on doing
go on doing something
go on errands
go on for ages
go on for an age
Go on Laugh Daily
go on line
go on merry way
go on merry way
go on record
go on record
go on record
go on record
go on record
go on relief
go on some errands
go on something
go on stream
Go on strike
go on the block
go on the block
▼

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close