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staved off

staved off is the simple past and past participle of stave off.

Meaning of stave off

Verb

stave off (third-person singular simple present staves off, present participle staving off, simple past and past participle staved off or stove 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.

Questions about staved off

What is staved off the simple past and past participle of?
Staved off is the simple past and past participle of stave off.

Words near staved off in the dictionary

  1. stave-rhyme
  2. stave-rhymed
  3. stave-rhymes
  4. staved
  5. staved in
  6. staved off
  7. staveless
  8. Staveley
  9. Staveley-in-Cartmel
  10. Staveleys
  11. Stavely

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