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Stave off

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

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

  2. 2
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off wordnet

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