stave off

It was intended to reassure us all that we could stave off disease and death, that we would be OK.

Thames Water has won a crucial High Court battle to secure a £3bn rescue loan, staving off the prospect of the debt-laden company coming under government control.

For weeks, Canadian officials have been meeting their American counterparts in Washington DC in a bid to stave off any American tariffs in the first place.

His team would then try tracking down people in the footage to get their story, such as Paul Healey, a private whose heroism helped stave off the attack on the U.S.

The primary near-term goal appears to be staving off the expiration next year of the 2017 tax cuts, which disproportionately benefited corporations and the wealthy.