staved off

So, they planned to run back the pitching plan that worked so well in Game 4 of the NL Division Series, when they staved off elimination by throwing a group-effort shutout from eight different pitchers.

After the attack on Beirut, Blinken repeated his view that a combination of deterrence and diplomacy had staved off a wider war in the Middle East.

Everton battled against points deductions to stay up last season and staved off relegation on the final day of the 2022-23 campaign.

The former Scotland boss, 59, took the post in November last year and staved off the threat of relegation.

Between them, Root and Smith staved off not only the prospect of defeat, but also the match bleeding into a rain-threatened Sunday.