Parry Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Parry
(Idiomatic) To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.
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
To keep from happening; ward off; prevent
To criticize (someone) sharply; reprimand.
To refuse bluntly; snub
To move or twist quickly aside; shift suddenly, as to avoid a blow
To shape or mold on or as on a block
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The definition of circumvent means to get around or surround someone or something.
To turn or make go to one side
To attempt to manage without assistance:
Prevent is defined as to stop something from happening.
Shirk is defined as to avoid or get out of doing something that should be done.
To step aside:
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beat off
To drive something away with blows or military force. Now often used figuratively.
To repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff
counterpunch
(Boxing) A punch delivered while receiving or parrying an opponent's blow
An indicator on a machine, for keeping count of turns, strokes, etc. of the machine or its parts
To go beyond the proper limits of something:
To move along the edge of or pass around rather than through
To plunge or dip under water for a moment
Antonyms for Parry
Meet is defined as to come face to face with, be there when someone or something arrives, or to be introduced.
To behave in a certain way towards.
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
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To refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject
To refrain from (doing something):
To avoid complying with or fulfilling a requirement.
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
To come into contact with
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