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| beat the gun; put the cart before the horse; stay ahead of the times (Artjaazz) | |||
| get a head start | |||
| jump the gun (Don't you think you're jumping the gun a bit – you've only known him for six weeks! Taras); get ahead of (Баян); stay ahead of the game (Alexander Matytsin); get ahead of oneself (When he bought a new little bicycle before the baby was born, he was getting ahead of himself. VLZ_58); run ahead of time (VLZ_58) | |||
| ride before the hounds; ride past the hounds; run before the hounds; jump the gun | |||