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to go before
[phrase form: go]
01
to be formally presented for discussion or judgment by a person or authority
Transitive: to go before a person or organization in authority
Examples
The application I sent will go before the admissions office for review next week.
02
to exist or occur in an earlier period of time
Transitive: to go before an event or era
Examples
The ancient civilization had advanced technologies that went before our modern inventions.
