Definition of "forestalls" [forestalls]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forestall. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "And it forestalls national development, which she says begins with the building of a taxation system and the attraction of foreign commercial capital."
• "This bill entrenches insurance companies and forestalls single payer."
• "The deal, which forestalls a Jan. 1 tax increase on 160 million workers, represents a retreat for the House GOP, which had been at odds with Senate Republicans and party elders who feared a backlash in the 2012 elections if the tax break was allowed to expire."