"forestart" meaning in All languages combined

See forestart on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: forestarts [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + start. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|start}} fore- + start Head templates: {{en-noun}} forestart (plural forestarts)
  1. A head start.
    Sense id: en-forestart-en-noun-KEz5aJKg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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          "text": "c. 1726, Patrick Walker, quoting Alexander Peden in \"Remarkable Passages in the Life and Death of Mr. Alexander Peden\", Biographia Presbyteriana\nJohn, you and I will be both in heaven shortly; but though you be much older than I, my soul will get the forestart of yours, for I will be first in heaven, but your body will have the advantage of mine, for ye will get rest in your grave until the resurrection, and die there; […]"
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