"run before" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs before",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running before",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran before",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run before",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> before"
      },
      "expansion": "run before (third-person singular simple present runs before, present participle running before, simple past ran before, past participle run before)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 14 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"before\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1888, Ernest Rhys, editor, Songs from the Edda, page 166:",
          "text": "In such wise did Helgi\nDeal fear around To all his foes\nAnd all their friends\nAs when the goat runneth\nBefore the wolf's rage\nFilled with mad fear\nDown from the fell",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1600, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, page 73:",
          "text": "Thou runnest before me, shifting every place,\nand darest not stand, nor look me in the face",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flee from (something); to run away from (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_before-en-verb-TIqQzUoO",
      "links": [
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ],
        [
          "run away",
          "run away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To flee from (something); to run away from (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1858, John Heywood, edited by John S. Farmer, The Proverbs of John Heywood, London, page 205:",
          "text": "Thy tongue runneth before thy wit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1638, A. Jhonston, Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, page 34:",
          "text": "although calumnie often starteth first and runneth before, yet veritie follow followeth her at the heels",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To precede (something); to anticipate (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_before-en-verb-OgBlJ74e",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To precede (something); to anticipate (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1609, Boethius, Boethius: The Theological Tractates, page 309:",
          "text": "Thou runnest before rightly",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To excel or be better than someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_before-en-verb-u8RZmI5x",
      "links": [
        [
          "excel",
          "excel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, intransitive) To excel or be better than someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "run before"
}

{
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"before\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs before",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running before",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran before",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run before",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> before"
      },
      "expansion": "run before (third-person singular simple present runs before, present participle running before, simple past ran before, past participle run before)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1888, Ernest Rhys, editor, Songs from the Edda, page 166:",
          "text": "In such wise did Helgi\nDeal fear around To all his foes\nAnd all their friends\nAs when the goat runneth\nBefore the wolf's rage\nFilled with mad fear\nDown from the fell",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1600, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, page 73:",
          "text": "Thou runnest before me, shifting every place,\nand darest not stand, nor look me in the face",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flee from (something); to run away from (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ],
        [
          "run away",
          "run away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To flee from (something); to run away from (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1858, John Heywood, edited by John S. Farmer, The Proverbs of John Heywood, London, page 205:",
          "text": "Thy tongue runneth before thy wit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1638, A. Jhonston, Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, page 34:",
          "text": "although calumnie often starteth first and runneth before, yet veritie follow followeth her at the heels",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To precede (something); to anticipate (something)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To precede (something); to anticipate (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1609, Boethius, Boethius: The Theological Tractates, page 309:",
          "text": "Thou runnest before rightly",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To excel or be better than someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excel",
          "excel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, intransitive) To excel or be better than someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "run before"
}