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
Camron	KAM-rən	English (Modern)
Kian (1)	-	Persian
Evgenia	yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)	Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Chikako	chee-kah-ko	Japanese
Leontios	-	Ancient Greek
Zrinka	-	Croatian