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Driven ahead, hurried, as in The bikers are moving before the wind, so it's hard to tell who will come in first . The literal meaning of this term is nautical, referring to a ship sailing in the same direction as the wind and being propelled forward. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1800s.Advertisement
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