to stave off a cold

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• stave off — verb 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. ,Finnish …   Wiktionary

• stave off — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• stave off — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• stave\ off — v literary To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: ward off The white knight struck with his sword. the black knight staved it off with his own sword. Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold. They staved off starvation by eating two of the… …   Словарь американских идиом

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• ward off — verb 1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening Let s avoid a confrontation head off a confrontation avert a strike • Syn: ↑debar, ↑forefend, ↑forfend, ↑obviate, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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