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
Finley	-	Irish, Scottish, English
Alphonsus	-	History
Tori	TAWR-ee	English
Kassia	KA-shə	English (Rare)
Ingmar	ING-mahr	Swedish
Ajdin	-	Bosnian