“beforethe”

The following 3 entries include the term beforethe.

before the hour

idiom

used with a certain number of minutes to indicate how long before the beginning of an hour something will happen

put the cart before the horse

idiom

: to do things in the wrong order

the calm/lull before the storm

noun phrase

: a period of quiet that comes before a time of activity, excitement, violence, etc.


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