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What is another word for
fended off
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To have caused (someone) to be unable to pursue one any longer
To have prevented oneself from
Past tense for to prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay
Past tense for to reject or snub a proposition
Past tense for to ward off or put up an opposition to (an attack)
Past tense for to resist or stand up to (something)
Past tense for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
Past tense for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)
Past tense for to struggle or fight back when attacked
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Verb
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To have caused (someone) to be unable to pursue one any longer
lost
evaded
eluded
dodged
escaped
shook
avoided
fled
shirked
escaped from
gave the slip to
got away from
shook off
sidestepped
skirted
threw off
bilked
cleared
ditched
left behind
outdistanced
outpaced
outran
outstripped
ducked
got ahead of
got rid of
slipped away from
sneaked away from
steered clear of
threw off the scent
rid
outrun
shaken
thrown off
given the slip to
gotten away from
shaken off
gotten rid of
gotten ahead of
ridded
thrown off the scent
scaped
eschewed
finessed
circumvented
shunned
shucked
shuffled out of
gotten around
weaselled out of
weaseled out of
got around
balked
US
run away from
put off
snuck away
baulked
UK
slipped out
shied
gave the slip
given the runaround
gave the runaround
given the slip
equivocated
tergiversated
pussyfooted
hedged
fudged
waffled
frustrated
welshed
reneged
escaped the clutches of
danced around an issue
foiled
hemmed and hawed
slipped through the net of
baffled
run from
doubled
outwitted
wormed one's way out of
slipped through your fingers
kept your distance
weaselled
UK
copped out
slipped through the net
ran away from
run around
weaseled
US
led on a merry chase
thwarted
stayed shy of
flown
flew
beaten around the bush
stayed away from
ran from
got away
ran around
gotten away
end-ran
gave a wide berth
broken away from
given a wide berth
broke away from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have prevented oneself from
helped
avoided
refrained from
stopped
averted
dodged
evaded
prevented
abstained
abstained from
bypassed
circumvented
controlled
deflected
desisted
diverted
ducked
eluded
escaped
forbore
got around
passed up
precluded
resisted
restrained from
shied from
shirked
shook off
shrank from
sidestepped
skipped
skipped out on
skirted
stayed away
stayed away from
steered clear
steered clear of
withstood
broke the habit of
forbore from
got out of
held off
kept from
neutralised
UK
shunned
warded off
anticipated
arrested
blocked
checked
checkmated
compensated for
counteracted
counterbalanced
deterred
eschewed
forbade
forbid
forestalled
frustrated
halted
headed off
hindered
impeded
interfered with
made up for
negated
neutralized
US
nullified
obviated
offset
offsetted
prohibited
provided
shook
stalled
staved off
stove off
ceased
declined
denied yourself
desisted from
did without
forwent
gave up
kicked
left off
refused
renounced
withheld from
foiled
put a stop to
thwarted
obstructed
intercepted
forfended
curbed
nipped in the bud
shut out
held back
inhibited
baulked
UK
balked
US
defended against
ruled out
restrained
put off
turned aside
put an end to
opposed
hampered
holp
holpen
pre-empted
countered
repressed
debarred
preempted
restricted
interrupted
let
parried
saved
beat someone to the punch
provided against
second-guessed
got in before
turned off
kept from happening
beat someone to it
beat someone to the draw
put a damper on
cut off
suppressed
defeated
withheld
kept
fielded
eliminated
removed
stonewalled
stayed
damped
retarded
foreclosed
commandeered
indisposed
quieted
shunted
delayed
shaken
dampened
chilled
cooled
forefended
kept lid on
beaten someone to the draw
answered evasively
acted in advance of
beaten someone to it
shoved aside
fought shy of
got ahead of
kept off
brought an end to
denied oneself
worked against
headed off at pass
stolen a march on
made unnecessary
beaten someone to the punch
prepared for
poured cold water on
kept at bay
got round
discouraged
gotten ahead of
picked off
staved
fended
fenced off
stove
interdicted
kept back
discontinued
stole a march on
withholden
letten
leet
acted against
gotten around
shaken off
forborne
shrunk from
thrown cold water on
threw cold water on
done without
broken the habit of
gotten out of
given up
forgone
forborne from
gotten rid of
took away
taken away
did away with
got rid of
done away with
quit
cut out
abandoned
quitted
dropped
relinquished
forsook
forswore
swore off
packed in
abjured
laid off
lay off
went without
dispensed with
rejected
broke off
waived
spurned
forewent
refrained
knocked off
yielded
yold
set aside
axed
jacked in
sacrificed
passed on
repudiated
called a halt to
surrendered
finished
canned
turned down
packed up
gave over
ended
left out
cast aside
ignored
suspended
ditched
gave something a miss
gave a wide berth to
left alone
had done with
abdicated
ceded
not touched
disregarded
called it a day
omitted
disavowed
passed
abnegated
belayed
belaid
parted with
stopped oneself
laid off of
sat out
rebuffed
dismissed
disapproved
reprobated
denied
withdrew
nixed
concluded
negatived
broke
brake
lost
forfeited
knocked back
said no to
brushed aside
quit cold
let up
withdrew from
called it quits
had nothing to do with
passed over
got off
snubbed
conceded
resigned
discounted
overlooked
scrapped
terminated
disclaimed
withwent
handed over
checked out from
backed off from
baulked at
pulled out of
reined in
stopped oneself from
gave the thumbs down to
resisted the temptation to
turned your back on
not accepted
took the cure
restrained oneself from
said goodbye to
not done
threw out
prevented oneself from
called it quits on
balked at
gave
discarded
devoted
repealed
jettisoned
reneged
dedicated
shed
repulsed
deselected
excluded
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
cut
junked
revoked
betrayed
offered up
scrubbed
surceased
chucked
demurred at
missed
neglected
kicked over
resigned from
laid aside
missed out on
let well enough alone
paid with
cut short
threw up
forlet
surceased from
packed it in
checked oneself
let alone
kiboshed
brought to a halt
eighty-sixed
not had
washed your hands of
finished with
weaned
turned back on
wound up
let go by
cried off
kicked the habit
broke up
reneged on
cut it out
avoided doing something
suffered deprivation
shut off
spared
let go
brought to an end
let pass
retired from
quitclaimed
put the kibosh on
managed without
retracted
pledged
consecrated
recanted
unsaid
not heeded
demitted
came off
bucked
turned aside from
foreswore
shot down
threw in the towel
stopped trying
stood down from
threw in the sponge
brought to a close
went hungry
escaped from
went cold turkey
bridled
skimmed over
fast forwarded
grandfathered
declined to
went easy
restrained yourself
killed
detached
delivered up
lost out on
paid for
managed not to
aborted
offered
got along without
got by without
disdained
closed
scratched
rescinded
shelved
determined
dead-ended
hung it up
sewed up
elapsed
winked out
wrapped up
got on the wagon
brought to a stop
pulled the plug on
backed out of
finessed
disaffirmed
scaped
shied
gainsaid
remitted
ceased to indulge in
rendered needless
disallowed
turned a blind eye to
wrote off
wiped out
parted from
called off
broke with
forgot about
jilted
divorced
dusted off
submitted
extended
volunteered
shied away from
weaseled out of
shuffled out of
stayed clear of
had no truck with
kept clear of
weaselled out of
vetoed
allowed
proffered
released
went on the wagon
took the pledge
banned
demurred
gifted
gave the go by
paused
coughed up
prostituted
turned in
turned over
laid down
rendered
kissed goodbye
kissed goodbye to
lay down
signed away
left behind
begrudged
tabooed
stood in the way
gave the red light to
enjoined from
gave the brush-off to
turned thumbs down
left
called a stop to
refused to take advantage of
shook one's head
gave the thumbs down
looked down one's nose at
opted out of
gave the red light
opted out
freed
backed out
disowned
dropped out
retreated
gave notice
deserted
dumped
failed to take advantage of
threw over
stopped using
changed one's tune
stopped having
exorcized
US
tost
exorcised
UK
cashiered
tossed
unloaded
pitched
binned
threw away
casted off
threw off
flung away
lay by
laid by
sluffed off
sloughed off
flung off
deep-sixed
shucked off
flung
allocated
spent
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay
repelled
repulsed
rebutted
resisted
deflected
discouraged
parried
averted
deterred
avoided
held off
staved off
stove off
warded off
kept off
kept at bay
fought off
beat off
beaten off
drove back
driven back
kept away
turned aside
kept at arm's length
held at bay
kept at a distance
turned away
turned back
defended against
put to flight
rebuffed
defended
blocked
prevented
fenced
sent packing
protected against
held back
put up a fight
guarded
screened
bulwarked
kept
warded
forfended
checked
stopped
fended
opposed
countered
beat back
fought back
guarded against
protected
shielded
safeguarded
secured
covered
foiled
frustrated
brushed off
driven away
defended oneself against
set back
forced back
safeguarded against
thrusted back
chased away
defended yourself
shielded against
drove away
retaliated
beaten back
sheltered
preserved
saved
harbored
US
conserved
harboured
UK
held
sent away
anticipated
saw off
bypassed
forced away
seen off
barricaded
nixed
shielded yourself from
insured
headed off
upheld
knocked down
forced off
provided sanctuary
intercepted
drove off
housed
stood up for
kept safe
cared for
obstructed
watched
stood off
looked after
kept from harm
stalled
repelled danger
watched over
hedged
fortified
withstood
garrisoned
took in
upholden
holden
given sanctuary
taken in
gave sanctuary
drawn away
drew away
dismissed
banished
expelled
ejected
ousted
dispelled
routed
gotten rid of
driven out
got rid of
drove out
more ❯
“Eating plain yogurt with live bacteria cultures daily and taking garlic and acidophilus supplements can
fend off
future infections.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to reject or snub a proposition
spurned
snubbed
rejected
rebuffed
refused
cut
cut dead
put down
repulsed
turned your nose up at
repudiated
snouted
contemned
brushed off
stiff-armed
sneered at
looked down on
scoffed at
told someone where to get off
cold-shouldered
scorned
treated with contempt
ignored
dismissed
knocked back
sneezed at
held in contempt
slighted
declined
jilted
repelled
disdained
gave the brush
frozen out
given the cold shoulder
gave someone the go-by
froze out
gave the bum's rush
given the brush
gave someone the brush-off
given someone the brush-off
gave the cold shoulder
balked at
given someone the go-by
given the bum's rush
disregarded
shunned
ostracized
US
sent to Coventry
ostracised
UK
neglected
pooh-poohed
brushed aside
discounted
stiffed
turned down
looked past
cast aside
steered clear of
turned back on
put aside
flouted
played down
waved aside
shrugged off
made light of
avoided
belittled
scouted
despised
disparaged
set aside
sniffed at
turned your back on
looked straight through
shut eyes to
not given time of day
shut out
took no notice of
swept aside
cut out
kept at arm's length
taken no notice of
put out of your mind
refused to acknowledge
coldshouldered
high-hatted
gave the cold shoulder to
given the cold shoulder to
ridiculed
derided
mocked
overlooked
chilled
defied
deprecated
denigrated
diminished
forgot
disrespected
excluded
misprized
discredited
wiped
disobeyed
vilipended
failed
disesteemed
turned away
minimized
US
bilked
ditched
disowned
discarded
disclaimed
trivialized
US
disfavored
disfavoured
pretended not to see
trivialised
UK
minimised
UK
passed over
stayed clear of
made unwelcome
paid no attention to
looked down upon
handed someone the frozen mitt
treated disrespectfully
turned away from
had no part in
palmed off
left alone
had no time for
turned up one's nose
had no use for
recoiled from
looked through
turned deaf ear to
expressed contempt
shied away from
kept one's distance from
poured cold water on
kept clear of
kept at a distance
had nothing to do with
turned a deaf ear to
kept at bay
pushed aside
not touched
made little of
paid no attention
turned a blind eye to
laughed off
fought shy of
iced out
had no part of
paid no heed
had contempt for
stayed shy of
shied from
held up to scorn
blinked at
told someone to get lost
passed up
acted cool
kept away from
slam dunked
stood aloof from
thought no more of
snooted
forgat
forgotten
driven away
drove away
forgot about
forgotten about
thrown cold water on
threw cold water on
shook off
gave a wide berth
gave a wide berth to
given the runaround
given a wide berth
gave the runaround
shaken off
shrunk from
shrank from
given a wide berth to
shown disrespect
showed disrespect for
showed disrespect
shown disrespect for
gave the brushoff
given the brushoff
more ❯
“For me, it was another day that I could check off going through without having to
fend off
any advances from him.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to ward off or put up an opposition to (an attack)
countered
combatted
combated
fought
foughten
opposed
negated
attacked
rebuffed
repelled
repulsed
resisted
tackled
warded off
battled
oppugned
staved off
stove off
beat
beaten
contended with
contravened
defied
fought off
held at bay
matched
met
stood up to
took on
taken on
put up a fight against
flew in the face of
flown in the face of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to resist or stand up to (something)
held out
resisted
fought against
fought off
held off
kept off
kept at bay
squared up to
stood up to
beared up against
stood fast against
stood firm against
stood your ground
held the line against
Verb
▲
Past tense for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoided
evaded
dodged
escaped
shirked
brushed off
sidestepped
skirted
bypassed
danced around
discounted
disregarded
ducked
eluded
ignored
neglected
overlooked
shied from
wriggled out of
dispensed with
got around
gotten around
pussyfooted around
ran away from
run away from
shook
shaken
skirted round
tergiversated
weaseled out of
weaselled out of
copped out of
funked
got out of
gotten out of
gave the slip to
given the slip to
went around
gone around
kept one's distance from
laid low from
paid no attention to
paid no heed to
paid no mind
shook off
shaken off
took no notice of
taken no notice of
tuned out
turned a blind eye to
turned back on
turned your back on
unheeded
unminded
declined
ducked out of
finessed
scaped
shirked from
shuffled out of
kept off
left behind
steered clear of
shunned
missed
circumvented
cheated
bilked
tricked
eschewed
escaped from
lost
slipped
kept out of the way of
given the slip
gave the slip
given a wide berth
gave a wide berth
kept at arm's length
slipped through the net of
stayed away from
got away from
gotten away from
broke away from
broken away from
cut
skived off
beat
parried
skived
fled
quit
shucked
ditched
shied
slid out of
found a way out of
let something slide
shortcutted
juked
quitted
balked
US
fenced
frustrated
forgot
bludged
dogged
baffled
baulked
UK
outrun
flown
flew
foiled
doubled
outwitted
thwarted
run from
fought shy of
kept clear of
skimped on
snuck away
slipped out
short-circuited
slipped away from
backed out of
stayed clear of
paid little attention to
found a way round
run around
escaped the clutches of
left something undone
given the runaround
gave the runaround
lost sight of
shuffled off
pulled out of
played truant from
slipped through your fingers
kept your distance
slipped through the net
led on a merry chase
stayed shy of
sloughed off
beaten
forgat
forgotten
outran
gave something a miss
given something a miss
ran from
shrunk from
shrank from
end-ran
got away
gotten away
gave a wide berth to
given a wide berth to
ran around
lain down on job
lay down on job
thrown off the scent
threw off the scent
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)
evaded
parried
fenced
fudged
hedged
avoided
bypassed
circumvented
dodged
sidestepped
baulked
UK
balked
US
ducked
equivocated
flanneled
flannelled
prevaricated
pussyfooted
stonewalled
tergiversated
waffled
weaseled
US
weaselled
UK
avoided answering
skirted round
quibbled about
got out of
gotten out of
copped out of
found a way round
beat about the bush about
beaten about the bush about
beat around bush
beaten around bush
begged the question
Verb
▲
Past tense for to struggle or fight back when attacked
resisted
fought
foughten
combatted
combated
repelled
challenged
counterattacked
assailed
assaulted
attacked
battled
contested
dueled
US
duelled
UK
battled against
struggled against
fought against
held off
struggled with
contended with
faced up to
stood up to
fought back
kept at bay
put up a fight against
remained firm
stood firm
turned down
warded off
held out against
put up a fight
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