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
Cal	KAL	English
Gernot	GER-nawt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Walters	[.wɔ:ltəz]
Gena (1)	JEE-nə	English
Polyxeni	-	Greek
Dante	['dænti]