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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 12 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 43% | 8 | An action of noisily collapsing or collapsing in a confused manner. | |
3 | 42% | 8 | A nickname for someone with the last name Spooner | |
Acting To Prevent Shop Collapsing Spooner Tells Us Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "FORESTALLING" which means:
- noun
- • The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively verb
- • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- • To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
- • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- • To deprive (with of).
- • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He tried forestalling his sister's questions by quickly changing the subject."
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