Be sensible before arriving in time (3,6)

I believe the answer is:

see reason

'be sensible' is the definition.

'before arriving in time' is the wordplay.
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term).
'arriving in' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 'season' (a season is a period of time).
'ere' going into 'season' is 'SEE REASON'.

(Another definition for see reason that I've seen is " admit what makes sense".)

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