fend off
fend the boat

She has been trying to fend off questions about her campaign.

I'll never be able to fend off both of them.

He put out one hand, as if to fend off the man.

And using only one to fend off the thing's head.

Of course, there had been some men to fend off.

Both men did their best to fend off the attack.

She tried to fend off his advance with her hands.

Together they would be better able to fend off those rivals.

Sometimes parents take action to try to fend off social pressures on their children.

But he soon would need an arm to fend off these attacks.

Working out three to five days a week will help fend off the freshman 15.

The school also helped him learn how to fend off depression.

"I am not trying to fend off blame for myself."

Would it reach us in time to fend off the snow?

I took a moment to fend off some of the blackness myself.

How then could it also fend off the foreign devil?

My more general role actually seems to be to fend off punches.

The only way for us to fend off these assaults is to use similar means.

She was able to fend off the attack and locked her mother up.

American officials say they are trying to fend off pressure from Kurds to move their people back into the area.

On the bridge, when the time came to actually let go of the stone, he had tried to fend off Data.

Her strength was too weak to fend off his hand.

But the Saudis say they will fend off such pressure.

Their numbers were such that they could fend off most anything, perhaps even a dragon.

I fended off twenty more, before it became clear they would never stop.

He thrust with the paddle, fending the boat out into the stream again.

O-aa watched them as they fended the boat from the side of the ship until it rolled away from them; then they drove their paddles into the water and stroked mightily until they were out of danger.