单词	staving off
释义	stave off verb staved off; staving off; staves off transitive verb 1 : to fend off staving off creditors 2 : to ward off (something adverse) : forestall trying to stave off disaster Synonyms beat off fend (off) rebut repel repulse turn away turn back See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences managed to stave off the invaders the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies Word History First Known Use 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1 staving off verb present participle of stave off 1 as in turning back to drive back managed to stave off the invaders Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance turning back turning away beating off repulsing repelling resisting fending (off) standing off holding off fighting rebutting withstanding deflecting opposing warding (off) defying spurning rebuffing snubbing Antonyms & Near Antonyms embracing welcoming hailing 2 as in preventing to keep from happening by taking action in advance the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies Synonyms & Similar Words preventing averting heading off avoiding precluding obviating providing helping forestalling escaping anticipating interfering (with) fending (off) warding (off) saving shaking evading nullifying neutralizing thwarting deterring compensating (for) impeding hindering making up (for) hampering retarding deflecting balking frustrating eluding foiling baffling prohibiting forbidding offsetting shunning eschewing negating stalling blocking counteracting checkmating stopping counterbalancing checking circumventing dodging ducking inhibiting stopping barring shirking halting arresting Antonyms & Near Antonyms assisting aiding facilitating abetting promoting advancing easing smoothing encouraging leaving letting forwarding fostering allowing permitting cultivating nurturing furthering unclogging See More
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