Spanish-English translations for anticipar

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It is right to anticipate that. Hacemos bien en anticipar esto. We should anticipate events, but we do not. Deberíamos anticiparnos a éstos, pero no lo hacemos. Why not anticipate the implementation of this arrangement? ¿Por qué no anticipar la aplicación del dispositivo previsto?
beat to the punchI was planning to take care of the problem for him, but he beat me to the punch and did it himself.