before your time
 before your time
  1
   — used to say that something happened before you were born or before you were involved in some activity
   You wouldn't know about that. It was before your time.
  
  2
  ◇ If you become old before your time, you look and feel older than you are.
   Such experiences make people old before their time.
  
  3
  ◇ If you die before your time, you die at a younger age than you should.
   Mozart died before his time.
  
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 Main Entry: time