Comes before someone
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to be more important than, or to be treated as more important than, another thing or person:
Comes before someone meaning & definition 1 of Comes before someone.
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If a legal case comes before a law court or a judge, it is dealt with by them, and when someone comes before a court or judge, they are present while the case is dealt with.
Comes before someone meaning & definition 2 of Comes before someone.
