before someone's time

Related to word: time

Pharse

Definition

  1. If something is described as being 'before someone's time,' it means that it occurred or existed before that person was born or was old enough to remember it.

    • I don't really know much about vinyl records; they were before my time.

    • My memory of that old theater is hazy; it was before my time.

    • I've never heard of that band; it seems they broke up before my time.