before someone's time

Meaning: (idiomatic)Frombeforeone wasbornor old enough to beawareof theworld.Coordinate terms:in one's day,in one's timeI don't know — that wasbefore my time2007, Bobby Braddock,Down in Orburndale: A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida, Louisiana State University Press, published2007,→ISBN,page55:At thirteen, I liked a lot of music that wasbefore my time: Louis Armstrong and Dixieland jazz, Sousa marches, and barbershop quartet singing.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:before someone's time.; (idiomatic)At astagein one'slife,development, etc. that seemspremature.deadbefore his time1951, Johnny Cash, letter to Vivian Cash dated 3 November 1951, reprinted in Vivian Cash (with Ann Sharpsteen),I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, Scribner (2007),→ISBN,page 38:Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look oldbefore her time.2007, Robin Shannon,Cemeteries of Seattle, Arcadia Publishing, published2007,→ISBN,page119:Jimi Hendrix is buried at Evergreen Memorial Park in Renton. The electric guitar player extraordinaire diedbefore his timeat the young age of 27.2012, Laura Frantz,Love's Reckoning‎[1], Revell, published2012,→ISBN:"Unless you become the third apprentice to quitbefore his time?"For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:before someone's time.

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