fend off

verb

fended off; fending off; fends off

: to defend oneself against (someone or something)

They succeeded in fending off the attack/attackers.

They have had to fend off allegations of voter fraud.

Examples of fend off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

La Roja was able to fend off the Red Devils 2-1, in large credit to Mikel Merino. — Alex Connor, USA Today, 11 July 2026

The Warriors led 59-39 at halftime and fended off a Mavericks rally. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 July 2026

To fend off the threat, Salesforce and its peers are also working to incorporate AI features and tools into their products. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 July 2026

During the Cold War, quixotic Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha built some 750,000 concrete pillboxes to fend off a phantom invasion that never came. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026

Rhymes for fend off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff