fore-run

[fawr-ruhn, fohr-]

fore·run

[fawr-ruhn, fohr-]
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.

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