fend off

phrasal 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

And in Germany, Merz’s coalition is trying to fend off the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. —Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025

Their debut album, Forever, sounds like temporarily regressing to your childhood self while tripping—a kind of gleaming innocence desperately fending off the darkness of adulthood lurking at the periphery. —Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025

Boise voters returned two City Council incumbents to office by large margins, fending off challengers from both the right and the left. —Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025

Starbucks was seeking a partner with a firm grasp of the Chinese market and consumer to fend off competition from local coffee brands such as Luckin and Cotti. —Paulina Likos, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for fend off

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