anticipate
pre-action
foreadmonish
forecome
beat to the punch
look before one leaps
preact
jump before one is pushed
skulk
get ahead of
kick into the long grass
step up to the plate
sparing
run up
get it out of my system
bind over
foiling
orientation
block
predilection
preference
non-selection
restrain
toe-dance
intervene
prevention
dissuasive
refrainment
withdraw
foil
answerability
seal someone's fate
accountability
answerableness
put by
get the drop on
bar
preactivity
deprehend
jump on
stanch
taking
preinteractive
frogmarch
stoppage
have the drop on
interception
act on
deadline fighter
rush in
stop
take steps
keep
omission
play fast and loose
keep back
hold back
counteract
prevolitional
bent
cut out
antagonise
outbuy
deal with
business
antagonize
ready
presume
immediative
make bold
proact
conduct
go off half-cocked
wriggle out of
seize
interdict
cut out the middleman
dare
contemporal
delaying tactic
permitting
foreshadow
raw dog
shipment
deterrent
rark up
tactfulness
don't pass go
preventionism
dispatch
take time by the forelock
despatch
skive
skipping
falter
jump the gun
deferment

English words for 'To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.'

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