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go on before
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Unnur | | - | Icelandic |
| Nur | | NOOR (Arabic) | Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay |
| Ramessu | | - | Ancient Egyptian |
| Kiley | | KIE-lee | English |
| Belle | | BEL | English |
| Keturah | | ki-TOOR-ə (English), kee-TYOOR-ə (English) | Biblical |