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機先を制する is an exact match with the following word:
機先を制する
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Reading : きせんをせいする   
expression, suru verb - special class
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 30,086 which gives a rank of 72,163
• Google Japan frequency rank: 113,000 (about 1,300,000 results)
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Example sentences:
きせん
機先
せい
され
かれ
ため
いき
ついた
Beaten to the punch, he sighed.
キ    machine   はた loom   
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キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
セイ    system; regulations   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
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