fence with (someone)

In a conversation, to evade or avoid directly answering someone or something. Ever the sly spin doctor, the candidate was able to deftly fence with the journalist around questions of his dubious background.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vartolomej	-	Serbian (Rare)
Jumana	-	Arabic
Ailsa	-	Scottish
Gwendoline	GWEN-də-lien (English), GWEN-də-leen (English)	Welsh, English (British), French
Hector	['hektə]
Gretta	GRET-ə	English