lie before

Verb

Meaning

(transitive, idiomatic) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
I lie before you today begging for help.

(transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of

Examples

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. Zhu Rongji

America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's History shall reveal itself. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The history of man has just begun; in the aeons which lie before him lie limitless hope or limitless despair. The choice is his; the present choice is ours. It is worth the trial. Learned Hand

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