The phrase "forestall any attempt" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to prevent or hinder someone from attempting something. Example: In order to avoid losing his job, John tried to forestall any attempt by his boss to fire him by completing all his tasks on time.
Mr. Endsley calls this group the Music Band, as if to forestall any attempt to apply the rules of a specific style or genre.
As the anniversary approached, thousands of police and troops were deploying in Manila to forestall any attempt to challenge Mrs Arroyo's authority.Mrs Arroyo insists that her government is secure, and she is probably right.
Human rights workers in Turkey have sharply criticized the Turkish preparations to go into Iraq, with some saying that the real goal would be to forestall any attempt by Iraq's Kurds to set up their own government there.
The move was intended to forestall any attempt by Virginia militia or Confederate States Army to seize the capital city of the United States.
The move was intended to forestall any attempt by Virginia militia or Confederate soldiers to seize the capital city of the United States.
To forestall any attempts at exegesis ("Author, Citing Dada's Erstwhile Esoterisism, Opposes Present--Day 'Mamaist' Obsfucations"), I confess that as a title it means nothing at all; but then the very concept of meaning is now outdated, nerdy, preironic.
It's almost as if ICP intentionally cherry-picked the worst aspects of goth, punk, gangsta rap, rave, nu-metal, and real metal to create a sub-culture so universally repulsive as to forestall any attempts at outside involvement.
When the teacher finally asks what is meant by the mantra "happiness belongs to those who know the meaning of contentment," it seems only natural that the bell should sound, forestalling any attempts to make sense of this vague and open-ended statement.
Mr. Clarke renewed his appeal to the public for information about the suspects in the Thursday attacks, underscoring the urgency of police efforts to apprehend the four men and forestall any further attempts at violence.
To forestall an attempt to vote him out of office, he returned, calling an emergency council meeting at his home.
