forerun (?.)

• announce
• antecede
• antedate
• anticipate
• be before
• be early
• blaze the trail
• break the trail
• come before
• foreglimpse
• foresee
• foreshow
• forestall
• foretaste
• get ahead of
• give notice
• go before
• go off half-cocked
• guide
• harbinger
• herald
• introduce
• jump the gun
• lead
• notify
• pace
• pioneer
• preannounce
• precede
• precurse
• predate
• preexist
• preindicate
• presage
• proclaim
• run before
• usher in
• win the start