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View synonyms for stave off
stave off
verb
- tr, adverb to avert or hold off (something undesirable or harmful), esp temporarily
to stave off hunger
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Idioms and Phrases
Keep or hold away, repel, as in The Federal Reserve Board is determined to stave off inflation . This metaphoric expression transfers beating something off with a staff or stave to nonphysical repulsion. [c. 1600]Advertisement
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