Usually means: Repel or defend against attack.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. fend off: Merriam-Webster
  2. fend off: Vocabulary.com
  3. fend off: Wiktionary
  4. fend off: Dictionary.com
  5. fend off: Rhymezone
  6. fend off: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. fend off: FreeDictionary.org
  8. fend off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. fend off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. fend off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fend off: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fend off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fend off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Fend Off: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (fend off)

verb:  To defend against; to repel with force or effort
verb:  (nautical) To prevent (a vessel) from running against anything with too much violence.

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