| 单词 | to get before |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get before † to get before Obsolete. extracted from getv. intransitive. To move or progress so as to be in advance of others. ΚΠ 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.i The worst is behynde, but the way is not tough: The worst wyll get before ageyne, tyme ynough. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 7 The Boat-men..forbearing ever and anon to row, purposely to let the Ambassadors get before. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 52 A Race, In which, both do their uttermost, To get before, and win the Post. 1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction xiii. 210 The young Spark, as nimblest, got before. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. xi. 287 Then finally, pellmell, as rear-guard, Flandre, Swiss, Hundred Swiss, other Body-guards, Brigands, whosoever cannot get before. 1862 H. Goldie Dict. Efïk Lang. Abridged at Be To get before in station, wealth, &c.; to become superior; to surpass. < as lemmas |
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