forewarned is forearmed
for-WORND iz for-ARMD
fɔːˈwɔːrnd ɪz fɔːˈɑːrmdListen
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having advance knowledge of a danger, threat, or difficulty allows one to prepare and take protective measures before it arrives; prior warning is equivalent to prior preparation; the Latin form praemonitus praemunitus was used by the Duke of Wellington among others, and the English version appears from the sixteenth century; in intelligence, military strategy, and cybersecurity the phrase articulates the value of threat intelligence and early warning systems that convert foreknowledge into defensive advantage
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