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be ahead of your time

Definition

to have new ideas a long time before other people think that way → See also half-time → See also local time → See also in the nick of time → See also night-time → See also prime time → See also a race against time/the clock
(Definition of be ahead of your time from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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