forestall
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forestall /fɔ:'stɔ:l/
Concise Dictionary- ngoại động từ
- chận trước, đón đầu
- đoán trước; giải quyết sớm
- to forestall someone's desires: đoán trước được ý muốn của người nào
- (sử học) đầu cơ tích trữ
forestalls|forestalled|forestallingverb
+keep from happening or arising; make impossible
+act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Thesaurus Dictionary+keep from happening or arising; make impossible
+act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
v.
anticipate, prevent, obstruct, hinder, obviate, thwart, preclude, frustrate, avert, ward or stave or fend off, intercept, parry, stop, delay:
The frigate effectively forestalled our plan to sail away secretly.
+ verb
[VN] (written) to prevent sth from happening or sb from doing sth by doing sth first: Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems. + Any plans for a peaceful settlement were forestalled by the intervention of the army.
[VN] (written) to prevent sth from happening or sb from doing sth by doing sth first: Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems. + Any plans for a peaceful settlement were forestalled by the intervention of the army.
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