to keep touching and moving something around with no purpose or interest:
Stave off something
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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.
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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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