"fend and prove" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fend and prove.ogg [Australia] Forms: fends and proves [present, singular, third-person], fending and proving [participle, present], fended and proved [past], fended and proved [participle, past], fended and proven [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fend<> and prove<,,proved,proved:proven>}} fend and prove (third-person singular simple present fends and proves, present participle fending and proving, simple past fended and proved, past participle fended and proved or fended and proven)
  1. (idiomatic) To engage in argument. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fend_and_prove-en-verb-UjwLlpPa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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