ahead of time

Meaning

1. Oxford56% of films

   earlier / later than was expected

   You guys should have shown me the script ahead of time.

In the movies · 9

• I'll give you a call ahead of time, all right?Requiem for a Dream2000
• What were you told ahead of time?The Menu2022
• He sends me ahead of time to prepare the ground.Enola Holmes2020
• Supposed to cut this up ahead of time.The Best of Enemies2019
• So ahead of the time!Midnight in Paris2011
• So you cook it all ahead of time, i see.Seven Pounds2008
• You guys should have shown me the script ahead of time.Game Change2012
• I mean, apologize ahead of time. We had to see you guys having sex.Murder Mystery2019

Learn it in full scenes

• The Menu2022
  • Guests Board the Boat to Hawthorn
  • Tyler Explains Why Chefs Are Artists
  • Slowik Serves the Island Course
• Enola Holmes2020
  • Enola Confronts Her Brothers
  • Enola Decodes Her Mother's Message
  • Enola Hides on the Train

From the same entry

• about time
• against time
• ahead of your time
• all the time
• at all times
• at the best of times
• at the same time
• at a time
• at my, your, his, time of life
• at times
• before my, your, his, time
• behind the times

More idioms

• have had enough
• face to face
• all over the place
• in no time
• at stake
• go with the flow
• know better
• make all the difference
• make the most of
• be done with
• kill two birds with one stone
• over again