preempt
Verb
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Verb
preempt (preempts, present participle preempting; past and past participle preempted)
- (transitive) To appropriate something (before someone else does).
- (transitive) To displace something, or take precedence over something.
- (transitive) To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption.
- (bridge, intransitive) To make a preemptive bid at bridge.
- (supersede sth) ninja (internet slang)
- German: zuvorkommen, vorgreifen
preempt (plural preempts)
- (bridge) A preemptive bid.
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