ward off

phrasal verb

warded off; warding off; wards off
: to avoid being hit by (something)
ward off a blow
often used figuratively
I tried different remedies to ward off a cold.

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Let’s concentrate all our energies on warding off turf injuries. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Keep your veggies going as long as possible with these simple techniques to ward off frost damage. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025 Babies may soon join soldiers in the fight to ward off malaria. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025 Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born. Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ward off

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“Ward off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ward%20off. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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