Definition of 'before your time'

before your time

phrase

If you say that something was before your time, you mean that it happened or existed before you were born or before you were able to know about it or remember it.

'You've never seen the Marilyn Monroe film?'—'No, I think it was a bit before my time.'

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before your time

phrase

If someone has reached a particular stage in life before their time, they have reached it at a younger age than is normal.

The small print has forced me, years before my time, to buy spectacles.

There is nothing like a college town to make you feel old before your time.

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Definition of before your time from the Collins English Dictionary

The present continuous tense

Typical forms of this tense are as in: I am winning. He is winning. Am I winning? Is she winning? I am not winning. He is not winning. Aren’t I winning? Isn’t she winning? Am I not winni...

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