verbverb
preempt
zuvorkommen
To act before someone else to stop them or to take their place; to do something early to prevent something from happening.
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Examples
They acted quickly to preempt further problems.verb
Sie handelten schnell, um weiteren Problemen zuvorzukommen.
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