stave off

1. (idiomatic)To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.

   He drank plenty of orange juice, hoping to stave off the cold making the rounds at the office.

   verhindern, abwehren, abwenden

   предотвращатьpredotvraščatʹ

   prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

1. Give your kids peanuts when they're babies to stave off allergies.

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2. You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.

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3. A win tonight is vital to stave off the threat of relegation.

   deEin Sieg heute Abend ist wichtig, um den drohenden Abstieg abzuwenden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. The Fed is trying to stave off a run on the banks.

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5. General Andrews sent for more reinforcements to stave off the enemy troops.

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irregular · Lesson

• stave offTo prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
• stave inTo stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.