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
Kaj (2)	KIE	Swedish (Rare)
Estelle	[es'tel]
Diann	die-AN	English
Bianca	BYAHN-kah (Romanian)	Italian, Romanian
Ctibor	-	Czech
Penney	['peni:]