Both Uses of
precede
in
The Great Gatsby
- Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips, the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch, open toward the sunset, where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind.†
p. 11..6 *
- With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice.†
p. 118..0
Definition:
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(precede) to go or do before