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Fend off   /fɛnd ɔf/   Listen
Fend off

verb
1.
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.  Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off.  "Head off a confrontation" , "Avert a strike"






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"Fend off" Quotes from Famous Books



... in danger, as I might be, then I resolved to defend myself as well as I was able. I had an ammonia gun in my pocket which I carried to fend off ugly dogs by the roadside, which infest the country. And this I carried in my hip pocket. It resembled somewhat a forty-four caliber revolver. I put my hand behind me, drew it forth, eying him the ...
— Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders • George Wharton Edwards

... over me, for that mercy is of the goodliest of deeds and belike it shall be in this world a provision and a good work for which thou shalt be repaid one of these days, and a treasure laid up to thine account with Allah in the world to come. Pardon me, therefore, and fend off evil from me, so shall Allah fend off from thee the like evil." When the king beard this, it pleased him and he pardoned the page, albeit he had never before pardoned any. Now this page was of the sons of the ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton



Words linked to "Fend off" :   forestall, forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent



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