forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
install | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: instal, put in, set up |
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(verb) place | Synonyms: establish, instal, set up |
(verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: instal |
reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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stall | (verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
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(verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
(verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
(verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
(verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
(verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
(verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |