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ahead of one's timeShowing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field; coming earlier than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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as true as a toucherUsed as a proverb to affirm that some evidence previously given earlier was trueRate it:

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Back to Drawing BoardTo start some work again from the basics to eliminate the errors that made the earlier plan failRate it:

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Back to Square OneA situation in which, one has to return to an earlier state due to certain drawbacks or failuresRate it:

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backpedalTo distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.Rate it:

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bones to the late comersIf you are invited to a party (marriage /dinner /lunch) and you happen to reach there late, only the bones that are left by the people who arrived earlier than you, will be waiting for you.Rate it:

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bring forwardTo make something happen earlier than originally planned.Rate it:

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Come AgainTo ask someone to repeat something, as words or tone delivered earlier were not clear enoughRate it:

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das Kind fällt in den Brunnena disaster happens or becomes inevitable; it is too late for precautions that should have been taken earlierRate it:

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Flash in the PanSomething or someone getting success for a brief time, a person failed to maintain his earlier reputationRate it:

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hearken backTo turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance.Rate it:

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hold overSomething left from an earlier time.Rate it:

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in the first placeTo begin with; earlier; first; at the start.Rate it:

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Johnny-Come-LatelySomeone who is amateur in any work, place or group, person who has no earlier experience of something Rate it:

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Jump the GunTo do something a bit earlier or before the time, hasty in doing somethingRate it:

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push forwardTo reschedule for an earlier date.Rate it:

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put backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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put the clock backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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steal a march onTo get ahead of someone or something by starting earlier.Rate it:

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suffering housemaid's kneeQuaint expression of earlier days relative to female servants performing chores of scrubbing floor on hands and knees.Rate it:

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take backTo retract an earlier statement.Rate it:

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throw backto revert to an earlier stage of developmentRate it:

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turn backNo turn a dial anticlockwise or adjust a clock or other meter to an earlier time or reading.Rate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderWhat is good for a woman is equally good for a man; or, what a woman can have or do, so can a man have or do. This comes from an earlier proverb, "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."Rate it:

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wind back the clockFiguratively to return in time to an earlier period of history.Rate it:

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