"fend away" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fend away.ogg [Australia] Forms: fends away [present, singular, third-person], fending away [participle, present], fended away [participle, past], fended away [past]
Etymology: From fend + away. Etymology templates: {{m|en|fend}} fend, {{m|en|away}} away Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fend away (third-person singular simple present fends away, present participle fending away, simple past and past participle fended away)
  1. (idiomatic) To turn something away; to ward off. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: fend off
    Sense id: en-fend_away-en-verb-0Qu2KgpH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fend away meaning in English (1.6kB)

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