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fore run

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fore⋅run

[fawr-ruhn, fohr-]
–verb (used with object), -ran, -run, -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.

Origin:
1505–15; fore- + run; prob. not continuous with ME forerennen (intrans.) to run ahead, OE fōryrnan
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