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Appropriate Beforehand Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PREEMPT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

34%7Appropriate beforehand
noun

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

verb

• acquire for oneself before others can do so

• take the place of or have precedence over

• gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)

• make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge

27%8 Soldiers authorised to appropriate a vehicle - and appropriate's the word for it!
adjective

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

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