单词 | fend off |
释义 | fend off1. phrasal verb If you fend off unwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely. He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's media. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for fendIf you fend off someone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows. He raised his hand to fend off the blow. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] fend off in American English to ward off Examples of 'fend off' in a sentence |
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