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before dark

before dark prepositional phrase: before night begins to fall.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Before night begins to fall.
    • I think you should finish mowing the lawn before dark.

Questions about before dark

What does before dark mean?
Before dark means before night begins to fall.
What part of speech is before dark?
Before dark is a prepositional phrase.

Words near before dark in the dictionary

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  2. befor
  3. before
  4. before and after
  5. before and afters
  6. before dark
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  8. before image journal
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  10. before it was cool
  11. before long

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