stave off

• Verbo frasal que significa evitar ou prevenir algo ruim, ou adiar/retardar algo desagradável.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Prevent or delayformal

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

   Prevenir ou adiar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosavertavoidfend offforestallhold offprecludepreventrepelward off

   Antônimosacceleratecausehasteninduce

Verbo basestave