From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgo before phrasal verb1 to happen or exist before something else In some ways this program improves on what has gone before.2 go before somebody/something if something goes before a judge, group of people in authority etc, they consider it before making a decision The case will go before the court. The proposal is likely to go before the committee. → go→ See Verb table
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go before• Plans for a new civic center will go before the committee today. 