fend away

To turn away or deny; to keep something at bay; to fight or ward off. The governor fended away questions about his role in the money laundering scandal. I fended away the blows of my attackers.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Min-Su	meen-soo	Korean
Baxter	BAKS-tər	English
Eurydike	-	Greek Mythology
Athol	['æθəl]
Clopas	KLO-pəs (English)	Biblical
Valerian	və-LIR-ee-ən (English)	History, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian