Usually means: Repel or prevent something approaching.
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  1. ward off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ward off: Merriam-Webster
  3. ward off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ward off: Vocabulary.com
  5. ward off: Wiktionary
  6. ward off: Dictionary.com
  7. ward off: Rhymezone
  8. ward off: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. ward off: FreeDictionary.org
  10. ward off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. ward off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ward off: Legal dictionary

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  1. ward off: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ward off)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To parry, or turn aside.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To avert or prevent.

Similar:
avert, stave off, fend off, obviate, avoid, debar, deflect, head off, parry, ward, more...

Opposite:
invite, encourage, welcome, embrace, accept

Types:
repel, deter, avert, prevent, shield, safeguard, more...

Phrases:
to ward off, more...

Adjectives:
part, averted, exempt, quit, recess, mittent, departing, offset, forthgoing, away, put off

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Similar:
avert, stave off, fend off, obviate, avoid, debar, deflect, head off, parry, ward, more...

Opposite:
invite, encourage, welcome, embrace, accept

Types:
repel, deter, avert, prevent, shield, safeguard, more...

Phrases:
to ward off, more...

Adjectives:
part, averted, exempt, quit, recess, mittent, departing, offset, forthgoing, away, put off



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