Parry synonyms

păr'ē

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repel (related)
To refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject
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hold-one-s-own
(Idiomatic) To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.
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rebuke
To criticize (someone) sharply; reprimand.
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rebuff
To refuse bluntly; snub
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shun
To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
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dodge
To move or twist quickly aside; shift suddenly, as to avoid a blow
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resist (related)
(Intransitive) To oppose.
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avoid (related)
To refrain from (doing something):
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evade (related)
To avoid complying with or fulfilling a requirement.
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avert
To keep from happening; ward off; prevent
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block
To shape or mold on or as on a block
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circumvent
The definition of circumvent means to get around or surround someone or something.
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deflect
To turn or make go to one side
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fend
To attempt to manage without assistance:
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prevent
Prevent is defined as to stop something from happening.
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shirk
Shirk is defined as to avoid or get out of doing something that should be done.
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sidestep
To step aside:
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ward
To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
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ward off
To parry, or turn aside.
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meet (antonym)
Meet is defined as to come face to face with, be there when someone or something arrives, or to be introduced.
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deal with (antonym)
To behave in a certain way towards.
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face (antonym)
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
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beat off
To drive something away with blows or military force. Now often used figuratively.
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keep off
To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
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repulse
To repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff
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allow (related)
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
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strike (related)
To come into contact with
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counterpunch
(Boxing) A punch delivered while receiving or parrying an opponent's blow
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counter
An indicator on a machine, for keeping count of turns, strokes, etc. of the machine or its parts
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hedge
To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
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fudge
To go beyond the proper limits of something:
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skirt
To move along the edge of or pass around rather than through
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duck
To plunge or dip under water for a moment
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davies (related)
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fletcher (related)
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llewellyn (related)
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tomkins (related)
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thorne (related)
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watkins (related)
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hughes (related)
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evans (related)
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roberts (related)
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edwards (related)
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naylor (related)
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webb (related)
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coates (related)
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parkin (related)
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griffiths (related)
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elude
To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
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  • Her voice was sharp enough to parry his verbal onslaught.

  • Robbo moved from the right to the left covering for Parry whilst Richard Langley was called up from the sub's bench.

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