Meaning of before someone's time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. From before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.
   idiomatic
2. At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I don't know — that was before my time”

“At thirteen, I liked a lot of music that was before my time: Louis Armstrong and Dixieland jazz, Sousa marches, and barbershop quartet singing.”

“dead before his time”

“Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.”

“Jimi Hendrix is buried at Evergreen Memorial Park in Renton. The electric guitar player extraordinaire died before his time at the young age of 27.”

“"Unless you become the third apprentice to quit before his time?"”

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