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"Forestall"
Keywords:
ahead
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preoccupy
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beforehand
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detriment
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hinder
To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
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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.
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
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Keywords:
tact
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honest
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intervene
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forbids
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happening
to intervene to prevent a player from taking a shot when not entitled to, or from playing out of turn.
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keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
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Keywords:
misplay
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intercept
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foul
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highway
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obstruct
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.
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A foul is committed and the opponent does not stop play before the next stroke to claim a misplay, no penalty is assessed; the foul is forestalled.
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Keywords:
deprive
To deprive; -- with of.
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Keywords:
brought
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cornering
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whole
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buy
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goods
to buy up the whole stock of goods before they are brought to the market ( = cornering in U. S.).
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