stavesomething/someoneoff
phrasal verbwithstaveverbuk/steɪv/us/steɪv/stavedorstove
tostopsomethingbadfromhappening, or tokeepanunwantedsituationorpersonaway, usuallytemporarily:
We werehopingtostaveoff thesedifficultdecisionsuntilSeptember.
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retard
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- spin
- stall