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go before

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go before someone or something

 

1. to precede someone or something. Do you wish to go before me? I will go before the other waiters and clear the aisles.

2. . to appear before someone or something. Sharon went before a magistrate and laid out her complaint. Mary went before the entire board of directors with her proposal.

See also: before