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to stave off a disaster

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  • stave off — transitive verb Date: 1611 1. to fend off < staving off creditors > 2. to ward off (as something adverse) ; forestall < trying to stave off disaster > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stave off — phr verb Stave off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disaster …   Collocations dictionary

  • disaster — noun 1 bad event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, big, catastrophic, devastating, enormous (esp. AmE), great, horrible, huge, large scale (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

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