phrasal verb

Ward off

Rank #2356Letter WInseparable

2Sections

Stop something bad or harmful happening

Meanings

  • Stop something bad or harmful happening (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • We had to WARD OFF the meeting.
  • They're WARDING OFF OFF the search.
  • Don't WARD IT OFF OFF now.

Related

Related by

Base verb “ward”

Related by

Particle “off”

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