Anticipates a guru's breaking down (6)
I believe the answer is:
augurs
'anticipates' is the definition.
(auguring is a kind of anticipating)
'a guru's breaking down' is the wordplay.
'breaking down' is an anagram indicator.
'gurus' is an anagram of 'ugurs'.
'a'+'ugurs'='AUGURS'
(Other definitions for augurs that I've seen before include "Signs of things to come" , "Portends, foreshadows" , "Heralds" .)