3
date
3
guide(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
3
head(verb, lead, anticipate, presage, herald)
3
prey
3
usher in(verb, expression, foreshow, antecede, preexist)
2
announce(foreshow, antecede, preexist)
2
come first(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate)
2
devour
2
go in advance(verb, expression, idiom, lead, head)
2
harbinger(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow)
2
pave the way(verb, expression, idiom, lead, head)
2
pig
2
presage(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow)
2
rank(verb, lead, informal, head, anticipate)
2
scout(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
2
time(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
2
usher(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
1
antecedent
1
be ahead of(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow)
1
be before
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