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stave off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
11
fend off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
11
ward off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
10
rule out(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
5
head off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
5
turn aside(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
4
keep off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
4
rid of(verb, phrasal verb)
2
do away with(verb, phrasal verb, unnecessary)
2
fake out(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
get rid of(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
2
give the slip(idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
2
hold off(verb, stop, check, separate)
2
keep clear(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
lay low(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
nip in the bud(verb, idiom, stop, hold)
2
run for cover(idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
2
shake and bake(idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
2
shake off(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
shrink from(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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