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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
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
before
Base verb
go
Present tense
go before
3rd person singular
goes before
Present participle
going before
Past simple
went before
Past participle
gone before
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.
