• to stop something bad from happening, or to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily:


    Stave off something meaning & definition 1 of Stave off something.


  • to prevent something, or prevent someone from doing something, esp. until a later time:

    Stave off something meaning & definition 2 of Stave off something.

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