forestall

• 先手を打つ、阻止する；独占する、備蓄する；先導する；主導権を握る

fore-,の前に. stall,止める,防ぐ.

forestall (v.)

late 14c. (implied in forestalling), "to lie in wait for;" also "to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately," which formerly was a crime (mid-14c. in this sense in Anglo-French), from Old English noun foresteall "intervention, hindrance (of justice); an ambush, a waylaying," literally "a standing before (someone)," from fore- "before" + steall "standing position" (see stall (n.1)). Modern sense of "to anticipate and delay" is from 1580s. Related: Forestalled; forestalling.

1. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.

できるだけあなたの子供が何をするかを予見し、問題の発生を事前に阻止しておきましょう。

2.To forestall is better than to amend.

既知の救済よりも未然に防止した方が良い。

3.Try to forestall their questions.

できるだけ質問させないようにしてください（先手を打つ）.

4.Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.

広場にはデモ活動を防ぐために大量の警察官が駐屯している。

5.He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.

彼がこの規則を守ったのは、デマを根絶するためだった。