before
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before |
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above, aforetime, ahead,
ahead of time, already, ante,
before all, before now, beforehand, beforetime, betimes, by
choice, by election, by vote, confronting, earlier, early, ere,
ere then, erenow, erewhile, erst,
erstwhile, facing, first, fore, foremost, foresightedly, formerly, forward, headmost, hereinabove, hereinbefore, heretofore, historically, hitherto, in advance, in advance of, in anticipation, in anticipation of, in front, in front of, in preference, in preference to, in preparation for, in the forefront, in the foreground,
in the front, in the future, in the lead, in the
past, in times past, once, only yesterday, or ever, preceding, precociously, preferably, prehistorically, previous, previous to,
previously, prior to, priorly, rather, rather than, recently, sooner, sooner than, supra, then, theretofore, till, to, to come, to the fore, to the front,
until, up ahead, up to, whilom, yesterday, yet
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before long |
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after a time, after a while, afterward, afterwards, anon, betimes, by and by, by destiny, directly,
ere long, fatally, hopefully, imminently, in a moment, in a while, in aftertime,
in due course, in due time, in the future, later, predictably, presently, probably, proximo, shortly, soon, tomorrow
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bring before |
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advance, affront, brave, breast, bring forward, bring up, broach, challenge, commend to attention, confront, confront with, dare, defy, encounter, envisage, face, face with, front, introduce, launch, lay before, make a motion, meet, meet squarely, moot, move, offer a resolution, open up, place before, pose, postulate, prefer, present to, propose, proposition, propound, put forth, put forward, put it to, recommend, set before, set forth, start, stem, submit,
suggest
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go before |
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announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, be before, be
early, be the bellwether, beacon, blaze the trail,
break the trail, come before, come first, foreglimpse, forerun, foresee, forestall, foretaste, front, get ahead of, get before, go ahead of, go in advance, go off half-cocked, guide,
have priority, have the start, head, head the line, head the table, head up, herald, introduce, jump the gun,
kick off, lap, lead, lead off, lead the dance, lead the way, light the way, outrank, outstrip, pace, pioneer, precede, precurse, predate, preexist, proclaim, rank, rate, set the pace, spearhead, stand
first, take precedence, take the lead, usher in,
win the start
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lay before |
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advance, affront, brave, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, challenge, commend to attention, confront, confront with, dare, defy, encounter, envisage, face, face with, front, introduce, launch, make a motion, meet, meet squarely, moot, move, offer a resolution, open up, place before, pose, postulate, prefer, present to, propose, proposition, propound, put forth, put forward, put it to, recommend, set before, set forth, start, stem, submit,
suggest
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set before |
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advance, affront, brave, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, challenge, choose rather, commend to
attention, confront, confront with, dare, defy, encounter, envisage, face, face with, favor, front, have a bias, have
preference, have rather, honor before, introduce,
launch, lay before, lean towards,
like better, make a motion, meet, meet squarely, moot, move, offer, offer a resolution, open up, place before, please, pose, postulate, prefer, prefer to, present, present to, propose, proposition, propound, put forth, put forward, put it to, put to
choice, put to vote, rather, recommend, see fit, set forth, start, stem, submit,
suggest, think best, think fit, think proper
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Main entries similar to: before
above, advance, ahead, already, beforehand, beforetime, betimes, by choice, earlier, early, ere, first, foremost,
front, headmost, heretofore, historically, hitherto, in advance, once, past, preparatory, previous, previously, prior, rather, recently, short, sooner, then, till,
up to, yesterday, yet
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