parryverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpær.i/us/ˈper.i/to defend yourself from a weapon or an attack by pushing the weapon away or by putting something between your body and the weapon
to manage cleverly to avoid dealing with a difficult question or some criticism:
Predictably the president parried enquiries about the arms scandal.
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Responding to an attack
- beat
- beat sb off
- beat sb/sth back
- capitulate
- counterattack
- fend sb off
- fight
- fight back
- fight fire with fire idiom
- pull (sb/sth) out
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- resistance
- resistance
- retreat
- see sb off
- strike
- white flag
- withdrawal
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
parry
noun [ C ] ukus