lie before

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to be ahead of someone as a future experience or challenge

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   something lies before someone

   Usage: The future experience is the subject and the person facing it follows before: challenges lie before us. Do not confuse this lie with transitive lay.

   A difficult winter lay before them after the harvest failed.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   A difficult winter lay before them after the harvest failed.

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