verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Gough set about the task of survival by fending off the hat-trick ball.
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The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.
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And he did so by having to fend off none other than Tom Watson, who had won three times at Butler National.
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And Blundell put on a great performance, fending off the Mercedes until both were caught by Schumacher.
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Not one of the marchers even raised an arm to fend off the blows.
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A A Gill, you can not help but suspect, probably wrote Starcrossed to fend off all other contenders.
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He must also fend off the advancing former Tennessee Gov.
■ VERB
leave
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Young Basque men emigrated because no patrimony could by custom be divided, leaving younger sons to fend for themselves.
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We were left to fend for ourselves.
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He had left Janine to fend for herself.
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They were thus left to fend for themselves, aided only by the diplomatic intercession of the Protestant Cantons.
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The moment of warm contact waned, leaving Jess to fend for herself.
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The captain radioed for assistance, but the convoy sped away, leaving the Vanzetti to fend for herself.
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Instead, the soaked, homeless and hungry victims are all but left to fend for themselves.
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Others were left to fend for themselves-or worse, persecuted.
try
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When the men tried to fend off the animals, the officers kicked them in the head or stomach.
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He tried to fend the animal off with his elbow while inserting the key in the office door.
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The lion mauls the warrior, who is desperately trying to fend him off with his knees and shield.
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Half believing that his leg was broken, he stooped and tried to fend the object off with his hands.
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Maria tries to fend off Glass's questions, then cracks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Nothing that we see in the park can quite fend off mythology.
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That is why he manoeuvred frantically, and brilliantly, to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month.
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The new system was credited for fending off damage from major floods in 1996.
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The raven was determined to fend off any potential threat and maintain its fiefdom of Edge Wood.
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When your skin was young, it could fend for itself.