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preempt or pre-empt

verb
  1. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, seize, take, usurp. See give
  2. To cause to be busy or in use: engage, monopolize, occupy, tie up. See action, used

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