stave off
verb
staved off; staving off; staves off
1
: to fend off
staving off creditors
2
: to ward off (something adverse) : forestall
trying to stave off disaster
Examples of stave off in a Sentence
managed to stave off the invaders
the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies
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Lowry will have his hands full staving off the strongest field to date in 2025.
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Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
The plan to recapture Savannah failed, but soldiers from Saint-Domingue helped stave off a British counterattack.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
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The truth is that Putin is desperate for US businesses to return to stave off his economic collapse.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Olson is among the nonprofit leaders who expressed frustration Tuesday at how the City Council had previously left an impression that the worst of the cuts could be staved off.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
The plan to recapture Savannah failed, but soldiers from Saint-Domingue helped stave off a British counterattack.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Read More: Column: Donald Trump Is Right to Refuse to Be Bullied by Vladimir Putin
The truth is that Putin is desperate for US businesses to return to stave off his economic collapse.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Olson is among the nonprofit leaders who expressed frustration Tuesday at how the City Council had previously left an impression that the worst of the cuts could be staved off.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stave off
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“Stave off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stave%20off. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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