stave off

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, etwas Unangenehmes abzuwenden, zu verhindern oder hinauszuzögern.

A phrasal verb meaning to prevent something from happening or to delay something unpleasant.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Prevent or delayformal

   To prevent something unpleasant from happening or to delay it temporarily.

   Abwenden oder hinauszögern

   • He ate an apple to stave off hunger until dinner.
   • The government took measures to stave off an economic crisis.
   • She drank warm tea to stave off the cold.

   Synonymeavertavoidfend offforestallhold offprecludepreventrepelward off

   Antonymeacceleratecausehasteninduce

Grundverbstave