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fence with
Avoid answering directly, try to evade, as in The mayor was very clever at fencing with the press about his future plans. This expression transfers the parry and thrust of fencing to a verbal exchange. [Second half of 1600s]
Example Sentences
“They came and tore down the fence with one of their armored vehicles.”
On the uphill edge of the patch, along the top of a ridge, firefighters in full protective gear leaned against a wooden fence with their backs to the smoke and flames climbing the hill behind them.
As the flames inched closer, to within a few feet, I backed up until I was trapped against a tall fence with nowhere left to go.
She said that prompted her to install the iron fence with razor wire but that it was eventually damaged by the trespassers.
In an effort to ward them off, Soliman said she installed an iron fence with razor wire and a metal cage around an outdoor faucet.
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