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Phrase(s): Age before beauty. a jocular and slightly rude way of encouraging someone to go ahead of oneself; a comical, teasing, and slightly grudging way of indicating that someone else should or can go first. • "No, no. Please, you take the next available seat," smiled Tom. "Age before beauty, you know."
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs