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Present participle for keep at bay
Present participle for prevent the occurrence of
Present participle for to ward off or put up an opposition to (an attack)
Present participle for to cause (someone) to be unable to pursue one any longer
Present participle for to resist or stand up to (something)
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
Present participle for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
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Verb
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Present participle for keep at bay
averting
avoiding
deflecting
deterring
discouraging
fighting off
holding off
keeping away
rebuffing
rebutting
rejecting
repelling
repulsing
resisting
spurning
warding off
keeping at bay
beating off
driving back
holding at bay
keeping at a distance
keeping at arm's length
keeping off
parrying
rebuking
refusing
snubbing
staving off
turning aside
turning away
turning back
defending against
blocking
fencing
preventing
holding back
protecting against
driving away
sending packing
guarding
screening
stopping
defending
bulwarking
keeping
warding
forfending
checking
fending
beating back
putting to flight
guarding against
protecting
shielding
safeguarding
securing
covering
foiling
frustrating
forcing back
brushing off
shielding against
defending oneself against
seeing off
thrusting back
chasing away
safeguarding against
sending away
glancing
nixing
forcing away
intercepting
obstructing
fighting back
setting back
stalling
rebounding
glancing off
drawing away
countering
driving off
forcing off
knocking down
standing off
forestalling
precluding
shielding yourself from
eluding
shirking
bypassing
anticipating
shunning
sheltering
preserving
saving
standing up for
heading off
harboring
US
conserving
harbouring
UK
upholding
giving sanctuary
watching over
hedging
keeping from harm
housing
garrisoning
caring for
barricading
fortifying
withstanding
taking in
repelling danger
watching
holding
insuring
looking after
opposing
providing sanctuary
keeping safe
more ❯
“Eating plain yogurt with live bacteria cultures daily and taking garlic and acidophilus supplements can
fend off
future infections.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for prevent the occurrence of
deterring
preventing
stopping
averting
checking
blocking
hindering
curbing
halting
impeding
intercepting
obstructing
restraining
arresting
balking
US
baulking
UK
foiling
forestalling
hampering
keeping
obviating
precluding
shutting out
staving off
staying
counteracting
damping
frustrating
heading off
inhibiting
thwarting
turning aside
warding off
debarring
helping
letting
pre-empting
prohibiting
putting a stop to
saving
chilling
chillin
cooling
dampening
disadvising
diverting
forfending
holding back
nipping in the bud
scaring
ruling out
turning off
talking out of
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
acting like a wet blanket
pouring cold water on
avoiding
holding off
deflecting
anticipating
defending against
opposing
countering
restricting
delaying
preempting
circumventing
warding
second-guessing
repressing
interrupting
getting in before
getting ahead of
keeping from happening
putting an end to
beating someone to the draw
beating someone to it
keeping at bay
beating someone to the punch
stealing a march on
putting off
providing against
repelling
fending
commandeering
forefending
resisting
defeating
stonewalling
picking off
heading off at pass
preparing for
cutting off
suppressing
desisting
ceasing
discontinuing
stalling
withstanding
controlling
withholding
shunting
turning
shoving aside
looking away
turning from
veering
retarding
staving
limiting
damming
interdicting
forbidding
barring
keeping lid on
corking
baffling
keeping off
removing
eliminating
crossing
acting against
shaking
quieting
indisposing
discouraging
interfering with
keeping back
intervening
foreclosing
interfering
interposing
bringing an end to
making unnecessary
getting round
parrying
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
preoccupying
predicting
forecasting
monopolizing
US
foreseeing
expecting
projecting
envisioning
monopolising
UK
stymieing
slowing down
hamstringing
holding up
handicapping
encumbering
fettering
constraining
slowing
crippling
trammelling
trammeling
shackling
cramping
contravening
crimping
hobbling
clogging
handcuffing
hog-tying
tying up
putting a brake on
standing in the way of
throwing a spanner in the works of
disrupting
bridling
detaining
derailing
muzzling
stifling
smothering
manacling
cumbering
holding
curtailing
embarrassing
reining in
short-circuiting
hanging up
shutting off
holding down
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
setting back
dissuading from
containing
excluding
subduing
scotching
braking
moderating
regulating
neutralizing
US
scuppering
discomfiting
freezing
governing
rattling
taming
borking
fazing
measuring
ruling
neutralising
UK
gagging
keeping under control
confining
bitting
choking
keeping in check
slowing up
making late
choking back
putting paid to
holding in
bringing to screeching halt
keeping in
getting in the way
closing off
shutting down
stemming the flow of
keeping within bounds
screwing up
lousing up
boxing in
keeping the lid on
fouling up
sparing
reprieving
freeing
keeping waiting
bottlenecking
absolving
postponing
burdening
retardating
crabbing
keeping from
causing to wait
causing to stay
exempting
dispensing
deferring
protracting
pausing
shelving
remitting
proroguing
discharging
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
intermitting
prolonging
dissuading
quashing
disqualifying
putting back
holding off on
choking off
holding over
bogging down
taking down
backing off
outlawing
sandbagging
reducing
tabooing
enjoining
estopping
obscuring
making impossible
quitting
making it impossible for
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
strangulating
putting on brakes
putting an stop to
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
reining
ruining
harnessing
leashing
bottling up
straitening
holding in check
scuttling
overturning
invalidating
snookering
reining back
putting away
tying down
gaoling
UK
circumscribing
killing
pulling in
having on a tight leash
guiding
cracking down
keeping down
bringing under control
delimiting
pinning down
locking up
hemming in
keeping in line
boxing up
hogtying
sitting on
hogtieing
impounding
imprisoning
stemming
pulling back
jailing
US
directing
squashing
nullifying
upsetting
confounding
nobbling
repulsing
checkmating
undoing
dashing
spoiling
outwitting
counterplotting
blanking
burying
doing for
disappointing
strangling
muffling
pegging
disciplining
upsetting the applecart
beating down
messing up
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the kibosh on
putting the mockers on
putting the stopper on
causing setback
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
entrammelling
entrammeling
putting a limit on
cramping one's style
saddling with
giving a hard time
discounting
discarding
dismissing
cooling off
buttoning up
putting the brakes on
fighting back
cutting back
biting back
keeping tight rein on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping a lid on
cooling down
excepting
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
disallowing
proscribing
revoking
canceling
US
suspending
cancelling
UK
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
banning
forgetting about
freezing out
bating
counting out
leaving out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ward off or put up an opposition to (an attack)
countering
combatting
combating
fighting
opposing
negating
attacking
rebuffing
repelling
repulsing
resisting
tackling
warding off
battling
oppugning
staving off
beating
contending with
contravening
defying
fighting off
holding at bay
matching
meeting
standing up to
taking on
putting up a fight against
flying in the face of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause (someone) to be unable to pursue one any longer
losing
evading
eluding
dodging
escaping
shaking
avoiding
fleeing
shirking
escaping from
getting away from
giving the slip to
shaking off
sidestepping
skirting
throwing off
bilking
clearing
ditching
leaving behind
outdistancing
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
ducking
getting ahead of
getting rid of
ridding
slipping away from
sneaking away from
steering clear of
throwing off the scent
shunning
circumventing
giving a wide berth
giving the slip
slipping
staying away from
slipping through the net of
breaking away from
running away from
missing
bypassing
scaping
cheating
tricking
eschewing
finessing
weaseling out of
keeping at arm's length
keeping out of the way of
weaselling out of
getting around
shuffling out of
fielding
deflecting
fencing off
answering evasively
fighting shy of
parrying
getting shot of
shucking
shying
flying
ridding oneself of
running from
slipping through your fingers
staying shy of
giving the runaround
balking
US
baulking
UK
baffling
getting clear of
getting free from
sneaking away
slipping out
keeping your distance
leading on a merry chase
escaping the clutches of
seeing the back of
freeing oneself from
frustrating
foiling
outwitting
doubling
thwarting
getting away
running around
slipping through the net
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to resist or stand up to (something)
holding out
resisting
fighting against
fighting off
holding off
keeping off
keeping at bay
squaring up to
standing up to
bearing up against
standing fast against
standing firm against
standing your ground
holding the line against
Verb
▲
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoiding
evading
dodging
escaping
shirking
brushing off
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
dancing around
discounting
disregarding
ducking
eluding
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
shying from
wriggling out of
dispensing with
getting around
pussyfooting around
running away from
shaking
skirting round
tergiversating
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
copping out of
funking
getting out of
giving the slip to
going around
keeping one's distance from
laying low from
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
shaking off
taking no notice of
tuning out
turning a blind eye to
turning back on
turning your back on
unheeding
unminding
declining
ducking out of
finessing
scaping
shirking from
shuffling out of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
helping
avoiding
refraining from
stopping
averting
dodging
evading
preventing
abstaining
abstaining from
bypassing
circumventing
desisting
escaping
forbearing
getting around
precluding
resisting
restraining from
shaking off
shirking
shrinking from
shying from
sidestepping
skipping
skipping out on
skirting
staying away
staying away from
steering clear
steering clear of
withstanding
breaking the habit of
forbearing from
getting out of
holding off
keeping from
shunning
warding off
anticipating
arresting
blocking
checking
counteracting
counterbalancing
eschewing
heading off
hindering
impeding
interfering with
making up for
negating
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
nullifying
obviating
prohibiting
shaking
staving off
denying oneself
desisting from
doing without
forgoing
giving up
kicking
leaving off
refusing
renouncing
withholding from
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)
evading
parrying
fencing
fudging
hedging
avoiding
bypassing
circumventing
dodging
sidestepping
baulking
UK
balking
US
ducking
equivocating
flanneling
flannelling
prevaricating
pussyfooting
stonewalling
tergiversating
waffling
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
avoiding answering
skirting round
quibbling about
getting out of
copping out of
finding a way round
beating about the bush about
beating around bush
begging the question
Verb
▲
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
resisting
fighting
combatting
combating
repelling
challenging
counterattacking
assailing
assaulting
attacking
battling
contesting
dueling
US
duelling
UK
battling against
struggling against
fighting against
holding off
struggling with
contending with
facing up to
standing up to
fighting back
keeping at bay
putting up a fight against
remaining firm
standing firm
turning down
warding off
holding out against
putting up a fight
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