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Come before   /kəm bɪfˈɔr/   Listen
Come before

verb
1.
Be the predecessor of.  Synonym: precede.






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"Come before" Quotes from Famous Books



... the pride and justification and the rest of it will come before we all get our death of cold," said the ...
— The Valley of Fear • Arthur Conan Doyle

... had her token tied securely in the corner of her handkerchief, and every time she felt it she thought regretfully of Lloyd Archer. She had hoped he would make a confession of faith this communion, but he had not come before the session at all. She knew he had doubts concerning close communion, and she had heard him say that certain complications of predestination and free will did not appear reasonable to him. Marg'et Ann thought it very daring of him ...
— The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories • Margaret Collier Graham

... in this crowd. He was of your own body entirely. He boasts not, nor do I, of birth, nor of great family distinctions. What he has made, he has made by his own industry and successful commerce. What I have comes from him and from my own exertions. I come before you as the friend of my own class and order, as ...
— Captains of Industry - or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money • James Parton

... and I'll dig them next year and get more and larger pieces. I won't really lose anything, and if she should come before I am ready to start to find her, why then I'll have her home prepared. How long before you begin your house, old fire-fly?" he inquired of a flaming cardinal tilting ...
— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter

... force these doors," said Drusus, quietly, growing more composed as closer and closer came the actual danger. "Falto and I will guard the right. Cappadox and you, Mamercus, if you will stay, must guard the left. Some aid must come before a ...
— A Friend of Caesar - A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. • William Stearns Davis


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