PHRASALVERBS
fend for yourself to look after yourself without help from anyone else:
His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself. * The fox was released into the wild when it was old enough to fend for itself.
fend sth/sb<->off
1 to defend or protect yourself from sb/sth that is attacking you:
The police officer fended off the blows with his riot shield.
2 to protect yourself from difficult questions, criticisms, etc., especially by avoiding them:
She managed to fend off questions about new tax increases. * The Prime Minister fended off three challenges to her leadership.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is fend a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fend is tagged as verb.
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