- to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
- to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
- to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold.
- to prevent sales at (a fair, market, etc.) by buying up or diverting goods.
- to delay, stop, or guard against beforehand
- to anticipate
- to prevent or hinder sales at (a market, etc) by buying up merchandise in advance, etc
- to buy up (merchandise) for profitable resale
