stave sth off

— Phrasal Verb with stave

/steɪv/ verb

Definition

› to stop something bad from happening now although it may happen later: He had a bar of chocolate to stave off his hunger.

(Definition of stave sth off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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