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
It is not possible for him to say aforehand, in such a case, what it will cost, I imagine, as he will have to adapt his work to the place.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
I came to tell you of it; but I considered it my religious duty to inwestigate your paternal feelings concerning me aforehand.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
I tell you this, Jerry—there never was a buildin' job finished at any time spoke of aforehand.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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