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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a couple of dates before" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a few specific dates that occurred prior to a certain point in time.
Example: "We had our last meeting a couple of dates before the holiday break."
Alternatives: "a few days prior" or "a couple of days earlier".
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Previously, you'd have to go through the pains of tactical messaging and even a couple of dates before potentially having the whole thing blow up in your face over a disagreement about weed.
If you want your game to be as realistic as possible, go on a couple of dates before becoming boyfriend/girlfriend or spouses.
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After a couple of dates, you can give them your home number, but not before.
The clerk may give you a choice of possible court dates, so look at a calendar before you call and pick out a couple of dates that would work well for you.
They have a couple of dates, but they go badly.
Eva and I went on a couple of dates this summer.
We went on a couple of dates, a couple of college dances.
With some luck, they met their current investors when a friend emailed them a link to the application page a couple of days before the closing date.
Get your essay done a couple of days before the due date so that you have time to go back and revise it to make it polished.
"Roar," which leaked online a couple of days before its official release date last week — no big whoop to Ms. Perry, it seemed — sold 557,000 copies in its first week out, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Both couples were interviewed a couple of days before their ceremonies.
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