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What is another word for
fending off
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Present participle for to prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay
Present participle for to reject or snub a proposition
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 take preventative measures
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 avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay
repelling
repulsing
rebutting
resisting
deflecting
discouraging
parrying
averting
deterring
avoiding
holding off
staving off
warding off
keeping off
keeping at bay
fighting off
beating off
driving back
keeping away
turning aside
keeping at arm's length
holding at bay
keeping at a distance
turning away
turning back
defending against
rebuffing
defending
blocking
preventing
fencing
holding back
protecting against
driving away
sending packing
guarding
screening
bulwarking
keeping
warding
forfending
checking
stopping
fending
opposing
countering
beating back
putting to flight
fighting back
guarding against
protecting
shielding
safeguarding
securing
covering
foiling
frustrating
forcing back
putting up a fight
brushing off
shielding against
retaliating
defending oneself against
seeing off
thrusting back
chasing away
safeguarding against
defending yourself
nixing
forcing away
setting back
sending away
intercepting
obstructing
stalling
drawing away
shielding yourself from
bypassing
anticipating
sheltering
preserving
saving
harboring
US
conserving
harbouring
UK
standing up for
heading off
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
providing sanctuary
keeping safe
driving off
forcing off
knocking down
standing off
more ❯
“Eating plain yogurt with live bacteria cultures daily and taking garlic and acidophilus supplements can
fend off
future infections.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reject or snub a proposition
spurning
snubbing
rejecting
rebuffing
refusing
balking at
telling someone where to get off
giving the cold shoulder
freezing out
snouting
stiff-arming
ignoring
looking down on
giving the brush
declining
jilting
sneezing at
giving someone the brush-off
cutting dead
sneering at
repulsing
putting down
slighting
repudiating
giving the bum's rush
disdaining
treating with contempt
giving someone the go-by
cold-shouldering
holding in contempt
repelling
scorning
turning your nose up at
brushing off
cutting
knocking back
contemning
scoffing at
dismissing
disregarding
shunning
ostracizing
US
blanking
sending to Coventry
ostracising
UK
pooh-poohing
stiffing
brushing aside
neglecting
looking past
taking no notice of
flouting
discounting
coldshouldering
playing down
waving aside
making light of
turning down
steering clear of
shrugging off
turning back on
belittling
scouting
sniffing at
despising
turning your back on
looking straight through
acting cool
giving the cold shoulder to
refusing to acknowledge
not giving time of day
keeping at arm's length
putting aside
avoiding
turning away
pretending not to see
excluding
keeping at a distance
keeping at bay
driving away
setting aside
handing someone the frozen mitt
shutting out
making unwelcome
misprizing
turning up one's nose
deriding
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
putting out of your mind
mocking
ridiculing
showing disrespect for
turning deaf ear to
looking down upon
blinking at
treating disrespectfully
showing disrespect
undermining
slam dunking
wiping
making little of
expressing contempt
forgetting
overlooking
chillin
chilling
defying
disparaging
holding up to scorn
disrespecting
casting aside
minimizing
US
vilipending
failing
disobeying
disesteeming
paying no heed
paying no attention
trivializing
US
disfavoring
disfavouring
trivialising
UK
minimising
UK
passing over
turning a deaf ear to
pushing aside
giving the brushoff
having no time for
paying no attention to
shutting eyes to
looking through
sweeping aside
turning a blind eye to
laughing off
icing out
thinking no more of
cutting out
forgetting about
having no use for
having contempt for
more ❯
“For me, it was another day that I could check off going through without having to
fend off
any advances from him.”
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
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take preventative measures
avoiding
preventing
averting
deterring
obviating
precluding
stopping
defending against
hindering
holding off
impeding
inhibiting
restricting
ruling out
staving off
thwarting
deflecting
hampering
heading off
warding off
debarring
foiling
forefending
forestalling
forfending
frustrating
intercepting
obstructing
checking
blocking
arresting
halting
helping
curbing
holding back
nipping in the bud
putting a stop to
baulking
UK
balking
US
circumventing
restraining
diverting
counteracting
anticipating
turning aside
prohibiting
opposing
evading
dodging
interfering with
sidestepping
pre-empting
shutting out
shirking
shunning
steering clear of
countering
resisting
desisting
withstanding
repressing
parrying
interrupting
shaking
putting an end to
preempting
saving
keeping from happening
getting in before
turning off
beating someone to the draw
second-guessing
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
stealing a march on
putting off
getting ahead of
providing against
shunting
retarding
ducking
staving
interdicting
delaying
eluding
keeping at bay
shoving aside
defeating
keeping
keeping off
staying
damping
letting
keeping lid on
chillin
cooling
dampening
chilling
stalling
fielding
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
suppressing
fending
removing
eliminating
fencing off
answering evasively
controlling
foreclosing
fighting shy of
withholding
quieting
indisposing
stonewalling
discouraging
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
keeping back
ceasing
discontinuing
commandeering
picking off
heading off at pass
preparing for
cutting off
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
making unnecessary
getting round
refraining from
shying from
skipping out on
escaping
staying away
restraining from
steering clear
shaking off
abstaining from
bypassing
skipping
abstaining
staying away from
getting around
shrinking from
skirting
forbearing
getting out of
forbearing from
keeping from
breaking the habit of
neutralising
UK
counterbalancing
making up for
eschewing
nullifying
neutralizing
US
negating
giving up
refusing
leaving off
doing without
forgoing
denying oneself
withholding from
desisting from
renouncing
kicking
stymieing
barring
derailing
cramping
scuppering
scotching
baffling
trammelling
trammeling
crimping
dashing
hamstringing
spoiling
ruining
standing in the way of
fettering
beating
snookering
holding up
putting the kibosh on
putting paid to
hobbling
outwitting
checkmating
doing for
putting the stopper on
discomfiting
encumbering
limiting
upsetting
disappointing
slowing down
crabbing
fouling up
putting the mockers on
handicapping
lousing up
upsetting the applecart
nobbling
stumping
crippling
bilking
crossing
disrupting
excluding
taking wind out of
smashing
forbidding
circumnavigating
stifling
shackling
overturning
bridling
snafuing
embarrassing
constraining
taking down
borking
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
sabotaging
cumbering
interfering
hanging up
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
hog-tying
short-circuiting
tying up
getting in the way of
getting in the way
slowing
quashing
rooting
handcuffing
disallowing
manacling
banning
proscribing
offsetting
annulling
bucking
clogging
excepting
suspending
contravening
obscuring
putting a brake on
giving the slip
cramping one's style
screwing up
playing off
cooking someone's goose
making impossible
throwing a spanner in the works
making it impossible for
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
setting back
finishing off
finishing
crashing
unsettling
juking
ditching
wrecking
sparing
reprieving
freeing
disconcerting
shelving
bringing to a close
making an end of
absolving
exempting
dispensing
curtailing
bottlenecking
burdening
muzzling
discharging
throwing a curve
petering out
standing off
choking
scuttling
invalidating
strangulating
throwing monkey wrench in
squashing
repelling
confounding
shutting off
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
preventing the occurrence of
factoring out
repulsing
undoing
rattling
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
counterplotting
blanking
burying
confining
tying
confusing
straitening
getting the better of
disqualifying
catching
beating down
messing up
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
causing setback
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
snagging
tethering
traversing
estopping
stultifying
shipwrecking
quitting
warding
discounting
discarding
dismissing
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
hemming in
vetoing
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
revoking
outlawing
taking the wind out of your sails
embargoing
bating
tabooing
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
forgetting about
freezing out
counting out
leaving out
criminalizing
US
sandbagging
freezing
throttling
screening
censoring
complicating
criminalising
UK
making illegal
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
shutting down
declaring illegal
saying no
declaring taboo
putting the chill on
weighing down
monkeying with
crushing
overcoming
banjaxing
licking
putting the lid on
giving the run around
dashing one's hope
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
keeping off
leaving behind
giving the slip
giving a wide berth
steering clear of
losing
shunning
missing
slipping
circumventing
cheating
tricking
eschewing
bilking
staying away from
slipping through the net of
breaking away from
escaping from
getting away from
keeping out of the way of
keeping at arm's length
turning a deaf ear to
passing over
skipping
overpassing
omitting
rejecting
thinking little of
brushing aside
slurring over
paying little attention to
shutting eyes to
shrugging off
looking through
not taking into account
closing your eyes to
looking the other way
glossing over
not caring
running away
snubbing
flouting
abandoning
dismissing
forsaking
discarding
deserting
deferring
contemning
pretermitting
scanting
postponing
overleaping
procrastinating
depreciating
eliding
underestimating
leaving something undone
not caring for
losing sight of
setting aside
letting go
procrastinating over
letting pass
failing to care for
not troubling oneself
failing to look after
keeping your distance
trifling with
leaving alone
laughing off
failing to provide for
throwing to the winds
having nothing to do with
skimping on
letting something slide
making light of
passing up
living with
whitewashing
misheeding
turning blind eye
pushing aside
paying no mind to
failing to notice
conniving
taking no notice
blinking at
glozing over
forgetting
excluding
winking at
slighting
turning a blind eye
turning deaf ear
burying one's head in sand
not listening
letting it go
papering over
leaving be
more ❯
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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