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Ahead of time   /əhˈɛd əv taɪm/   Listen
Ahead of time

adverb
1.
Before the usual time or the time expected.  Synonyms: early, too soon.  "The house was completed ahead of time"






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"Ahead of time" Quotes from Famous Books



... faces they would make gave them pleasure ahead of time. However, they couldn't remain standing there admiring the table. The Coupeaus had lunched very late on just a bite or two, because the stoves were already in use, and because they did not want to dirty any dishes needed for the ...
— L'Assommoir • Emile Zola

... examination when some of these associations come into consciousness ahead of time, it is often wise to digress from the question in hand long enough to jot them down. By all means preserve them, for if you do not write them down they may leave you and be lost. Sometimes very brilliant ideas come in flashes, and inasmuch as they are so fleeting, it ...
— How to Use Your Mind • Harry D. Kitson

... couldn't get along without you, anyway," said Jessie, affectionately. "What's the use of thinking of such awful calamities ahead of time?" ...
— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield



Words linked to "Ahead of time" :   late, too soon, early



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