come beforesomething/someone
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
(IMPORTANCE)
to be moreimportantthan, or to betreatedas moreimportantthan, another thing orperson:
Mychildrenwill always come before mycareer.
Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk largeidiom
- centrality
- come
- count
- cut
- cut to the chaseidiom
- echo down/through the agesidiom
- fish
- have/take pride of placeidiom
- high-stakes
- loom
- loom largeidiom
- matter
- mean the world tosomeoneidiom
- outweigh
- override
- reign
- signify
- weigh
(COURT)
If alegalcasecomes before alawcourtor ajudge, it isdealtwith by them, and when someone comes before acourtorjudge, they arepresentwhile thecaseisdealtwith.
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- conveyancing
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- flight risk
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- plead
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
- reconvict