stave+off
71beat someone/something off — REPEL, fight off, fend off, stave off, repulse, drive away/back, force back, beat back, push back, put to flight. → beat * * * succeed in resisting an attacker or an attack ■ win against a challenge or rival …
72hold off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be above, keep aloof, stave off; see avoid , prevent . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer1, delay, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay1, suspend, table, waive. Informal:… …
73ˌstave sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to stop something that is unpleasant from happening …
74hold off — index cease, counter, defer (put off), doubt (hesitate), forbear, parry, pause …
75beat off — index parry, repulse, stave Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
76fend off — index avert, block, deter, estop, parry, prevent, repel (drive back), repulse, r …
77keep off — index deter, parry, stave Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
78put off — index adjourn, delay, deter, hold up (delay), pause, postpone, pretermit, procrastinate …
79ward off — index avert, contain (restrain), counter, debar, deter, estop, forestall, parry …
80Staved — Stave Stave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved} (st[=a]vd) or {Stove} (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staving}.] [From {Stave}, n., or {Staff}, n.] 1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; often with in; as, to stave a cask;… …
