(+ instrumental) before (earlier than in time) / (+ instrumental) in front of (denotes location) / (+ accusative) in front of (denotes movement) / (+ instrumental) from

fore-, pro-; in front of, preceding

(idiomatic) (many) years ago

(idiomatic) just, just now

before the Common Era

(intransitive, derogatory, idiomatic) to jump the gun (to do something earlier than it was supposed to be done, without discussing it with other people with whom one forms a group or organization)

(intransitive, derogatory, idiomatic) to jump the gun (to do something earlier than it was supposed to be done, without discussing it with other people with whom one forms a group or organization)

(idiomatic) calm before the storm

(intransitive, idiomatic, literary) to cast pearls before swine

(intransitive, idiomatic, literary) to cast pearls before swine