Forestall
verb — past 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
verb — past 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.