foregripe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fore- +‎ gripe, after German vorgreifen.

Verb

foregripe (imperative foregrip, present tense foregriper, passive foregripes, simple past foregrep or foregreip, past participle foregrepet, present participle foregripende)

  1. to anticipate, forestall

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