Your Reputation Precedes You In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Your Reputation Precedes You", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Caroline Tran calendar 2020-10-17 05:10

Meaning of Your Reputation Precedes You

Your Reputation Precedes You spoken language informal

People have heard about you and know about you before meeting you

Don't act weird and think nobody knows you. Your reputation precedes you.

You don't have to waste much time introducing yourself, your reputation precedes you.

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1. To seize or take control of someone, something, or some place with a sudden and fierce attack

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Someone is not as bad, cruel, maleficent as they are said or believed to be.

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Someone or something that attracts great interest or attention only for a short time but then quickly forgotten. 

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Used to indicate any gossip, rumor, or unfounded information that spread in the military latrines (communal toilets).

Origin of Your Reputation Precedes You

This phrase is fairly literal and can be either positive or negative. It is thought to derive from the latter half of the 1900s.

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