单词 | to be aforehand with |
释义 | > as lemmasto be aforehand with 2. to be aforehand with: to anticipate, to forestall; to outstrip; to speak or act before. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 45 Valiant Capitaynes must neuer follow after occasions lost, but rather must preuent them, and be aforehande with them in tyme. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. E7 What must he be aforehand with his maister? 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xlii. 286 A sagacity that is aforehand with events. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. viii. 37 Let me for once be aforehand with my Uncle. 1837 Picaroon I. 50 To be aforehand with the day..is the way to make a premium on time. 1900 W. E. W. Collins Scholar of College xviii. 255 But Master Dick he was aforehand with me. He just toppled him into the ditch. 1907 Gateway Aug. 33/1 Tell Oswald the Pope has been aforehand with him. < as lemmas |
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