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An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be known simply by understanding the words in it. The meaning of "before one's time" is not that obscure.

In one sense it is said of visionary things that appear before the world is ready for them: Peace on Earth is an idea forever before its time.

In another sense, it simply means "too early." The patient came before his time.

In a third sense it means "earlier than..." They lived before our time.

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