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| fore·stall [ fawr stáwl ] (past and past participle fore·stalled, present participle fore·stall·ing, 3rd person present singular fore·stalls) |
transitive verb |
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1. prevent or hinder: to prevent or hinder somebody from doing something, or something from happening, by acting in advance
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2. hinder sale of: to stop or slow down sales of a product in a market by buying that product in large quantities beforehand
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| [14th century. < Old English foresteall "ambush" < steall "standing place" < Germanic] |
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  fore·stall·er noun |
| fore·stall·ment noun |
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