{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 sled dogs./
STAVE OFF
Meaning of STAVE OFF in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012