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to forestall
01
to stop something from happening by acting ahead of time
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
forestall
3rd person singular
forestalls
Present participle
forestalling
Past simple
forestalled
Past participle
forestalled
Examples
She took painkillers to forestall a migraine.
02
to block another person's actions by intervening before they can act
Examples
She forestalled his argument by presenting new evidence first.
Lexical Tree
forestalling
forestall
