come before sth/sb
— phrasal verb with come uk/kʌm/us/kʌm/verb came, come
(IMPORTANCE)
to be more important than, or to be treated as more important than, another thing or person:
My children will always come before my career.
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Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk large idiom
- centrality
- come
- count
- cut
- cut to the chase idiom
- echo down/through the ages idiom
- essence
- fish
- have/take pride of place idiom
- loom
- loom large idiom
- matter
- mean the world to sb idiom
- outweigh
- override
- preponderant
- signify
- weigh
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(COURT)
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.
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Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bail
- bale
- defend
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- jurisdiction
- plea
- remedy
- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
- show trial
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