Greek-English translations for προλαβαίνω

• avert
  To avert the eyes from an object.
  How can the danger be averted?
• catch up
  The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights.
  I hadnt seen her for so long. It was great to catch up.
  After Alices vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes.
• obviate
• ward off
  He raised his arms to ward off the attack
  He wore garlic to ward off vampires