"forerun" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "fore- + run",
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          "ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 131",
          "text": "Bailey still sat, doubled over his book […] A finger forerunning his eyes along the page.",
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        "To run in front."
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          "run",
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          "front",
          "front"
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        "To precede; to forecast or foreshadow."
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          "foreshadow",
          "foreshadow"
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  "etymology_text": "fore- + run",
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