'stave off' definitions:
Definition of 'stave off'
(from WordNet)
Synonyms of 'stave off'
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- adjourn,
- anticipate,
- avert,
- bar,
- beat off,
- block,
- check,
- continue,
- counter,
- debar,
- defer,
- deflect,
- delay,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- drag out,
- drive back,
- drive off,
- estop,
- exclude,
- extend,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- help,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- keep at bay,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- parry,
- pigeonhole,
- postpone,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- push aside,
- push back,
- put aside,
- put back,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- rebuff,
- rebut,
- recess,
- repel,
- repulse,
- reserve,
- rule out,
- save,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sleep on,
- stand over,
- stay,
- stop,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- take a recess,
- turn aside,
- waive,
- ward,
- ward off