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Run before

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To flee from (something); to run away from (something). archaic, transitive

    "In such wise did Helgi Deal fear around To all his foes And all their friends As when the goat runneth Before the wolf's rage Filled with mad fear Down from the fell"

  2. 2
    To precede (something); to anticipate (something). archaic

    "Thy tongue runneth before thy wit."

  3. 3
    To excel or be better than someone. archaic, intransitive

    "Thou runnest before rightly"

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