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fore run

verb (used with object), fore·ran, fore·run, fore·run·ning.

1.

to run in front of; come before; precede.

2.

to be the precursor or harbinger of; prefigure.

3.

to anticipate or foretell.

4.

to forestall.

5.

to outrun or outstrip.

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Origin:
1505–15; fore- + run; probably not continuous with Middle English forerennen (intransitive) to run ahead, Old English fōryrnan

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forerun (fɔːˈrʌn)

—vb , -runs, -running, -ran, -run
1.	to serve as a herald for
2.	to go before; precede
3.	to prevent or forestall

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