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stave off
(Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert
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  1. (Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert
hold off
(Idiomatic) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
  2. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).
avert
To turn away:
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  1. To turn away:
  2. To turn away
  3. To keep from happening; ward off; prevent
Find another word for keep-off. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for keep-off, like: fend-off, stave off, hold off, avert, defend, prevent, repel and keep.

Sentence Examples

  • I was basically told to keep off your back but no one mentioned I should run errands for you.

  • her epithets aKpia, Kpavaia), represented her with shield uplifted, brandishing her spear to keep off the foe.

  • (3) The Scirophoria, with a procession from the Acropolis to the village of Skiron, in the height of summer, the priests who were to entreat her to keep off the summer heat walking under the shade of parasols (aKipov) held over them; others, however, connect the name with crKipos (" gypsum"), perhaps used for smearing the image of the goddess.

  • At marriage they burn benzoin with nim seeds (Melia Azadirachta, Roxburgh) to keep off evil spirits, and prepare the bride-cakes by putting a quantity of benzoin between layers of wheaten dough, closed all round, and frying them in clarified butter.

  • Accordingly, those who control the local organizations usually take pains to keep on the lists all the voters whom they can trust, and are apt to keep off those whom they think likely to show a dangerous independence.

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