go on before
go on before (someone)
1. Literally, to move or travel in front of someone or something. Ben will go on before us, and we'll follow him in our car, OK?
2. To die after someone else (named after "before") has already died. Grandpa went on before Grandma, although she only lived another six months without him.
See also: before, go, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go on before
(someone)1. Lit. to precede someone. Please go on before me. I will follow. She went on before.
2. Euph. to die before someone. Uncle Herman went on before Aunt Margaret by a few years. He went before her, although we had all thought it would be the other way around.
See also: before, go, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- begin with
- begin with (someone or something)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- be/have done with somebody/something
- bargain
- bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)