End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Going before is an antonym for end.
Going before
Both terms in one sentence
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Near the end of the story, he impresses somebody by asking how her screenplay's going before she's told him she's writing one.
Source: Waiting for a Break - At least two Looney Tunes shorts "Ali Baba Bunny" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" end with Bugs Bunny lounging on the beach at wherever he was going before missing that fateful "left turn at Albuquerque" (Pismo Beach in the former short, Palm Springs in the latter).
Source: Tropical Epilogue -
Seeing the boys going before them getting peeled prompts the Chipmunks to make feeble attempts to avoid the cut (qualifying this as a Traumatic Haircut as well), unsuccessful as they end up with their head fur in a high-and-tight style for the rest of the episode.
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