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
Emmett	EM-it	English
Kristine	kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German
Mckenna	mə-KEN-ə	English (Modern)
Euphrasia	-	Ancient Greek
Wullem	WUL-ləm	Limburgish
Duygu	-	Turkish