機先を制する
きせんをせいする
- to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall exp vs-s
Kanji
機
キ
はた
loom; mechanism; machine; airplane; opportunity; potency; efficacy; occasion
先
セン
さき • ま.ず
before; ahead; previous; future; precedence
制
セイ
system; law; rule