aforehand
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of aforehand
Example Sentences
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If I’d-a thought ’bout it aforehand, I’d-a probably figgered all of that moving going on outside would keep me wide awake, but it was jus’ the opposite.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Mrs. Holton said, “They didn’t say nothing aforehand ’cause they was afeared your ma woulda run with you.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
But Mary's deed was better; she brought her perfume aforehand, when it could give pleasure, comfort, and strengthening, to the Master in his time of deepest sorrow.
From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)
But I'm a little aforehand with the old gentleman.
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
It may have all been cut and dried aforehand.
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
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