The white knight struck with his sword. the black knight staved it off with his own sword.
Bill's warm new coal staved off the cold.
They staved off starvation by eating two of the sled dogs.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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stave off — transitive verb Date: 1611 1. to fend off < staving off creditors > 2. to ward off (as something adverse) ; forestall < trying to stave off disaster > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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stave off — phr verb Stave off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disaster … Collocations dictionary
stave off something — stave off (something) to keep something away or keep something from happening. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to boost the economy and stave off a recession. Death is natural and inevitable we can t stave it off forever. Related… … New idioms dictionary
stave off — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. ward off, hold off, fend off, avoid, repel, block. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action: avert, forestall, forfend, obviate, preclude, prevent, rule out, ward… … English dictionary for students
