| 单词 | stave off |
| 释义 | stave off phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for stave If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it happening for a while. The reforms were a desperate attempt to stave off defeat. [VERB PARTICLE noun] But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] |
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