赶在

before

→ 赶
phrase Rare #26,260
before Often used in 赶在……前 or 赶在……之前 to mean doing something before a deadline, event, or another person.
CH: 我们得赶在天黑前到家。
EN: We have to get home before dark.

我们得赶在空袭前回去

We have to get back before the air raid.

— 萤火虫之墓 (1988)

有队伍赶在我们前面了

Another team got ahead of us.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

所以我们要赶在他前面

So we have to get there before him.

— 杀人回忆 (2003)

我得赶在他之前接触到星舰,这可不容易,毕竟我大多数日子都在外捕鱼。

I need to get to the starship before he does, and that won’t be easy, since I spend most of my days out fishing.