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time before time

time before time noun: the distant past.

Noun

time before time (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) The distant past.
    • In the time before time, we were the slaves and the humans were the masters.2001, Tim Burton, Planet of the Apes (film)

Questions about time before time

What does time before time mean?
Time before time means the distant past.
What part of speech is time before time?
Time before time is a noun.

Words near time before time in the dictionary

  1. time bargain
  2. time bargains
  3. time barrier
  4. time base
  5. time bases
  6. time before time
  7. time being
  8. time belt
  9. time belts
  10. time bill
  11. time bills

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