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idiomahead of his/her/its timeused in order to say that someone or something uses very modern ideas or methods, which are not used by most other people until later:Gaskell was ahead of his time in realising that a craving for alcohol was a disease.Comfortable modern houses were built for the factory workers; I lived in one of them and know how far ahead of their time they were.The car, with a turbo-charged engine and disc-brakes, was way ahead of its time.
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