Forestall



verbpast tense: forestalled ; past participle: forestalled ; present participle: forestalling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to thwart by advance action, to buy up goods before they reach the market, so as to resell at maximum price, to get in ahead of someone else) បង្ការ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) បង្ការ
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: forestalled ; past participle: forestalled ; present participle: forestalling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To deprive; -- with of.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.