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staving off

staving off is the present participle and gerund 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 staving off

What is staving off the present participle and gerund of?
Staving off is the present participle and gerund of stave off.

Words near staving off in the dictionary

  1. stavesmen
  2. stavewood
  3. stavewoods
  4. staving
  5. staving in
  6. staving off
  7. stavings
  8. Stavinoha
  9. Stavinohas
  10. Stavka
  11. stavnsbånd

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