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Mike2015 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
fending off the advances of that guy
Hi teachers,
I can't understand what "fend off" means here;
In the TV show ( how I met your mother)
Robin and Lilly go to hang out in a bar on a Sunday night. Robin gets that a lot and Lilly gets jealous. Lilly takes off her ring to attract guys.
Robin: Lilly, I thought tonight was about us hanging out? What are you doing?
Lilly: just "fending off" the advances of that totally hot guy. [ laughing]
Robin: dude, I think that guy is gay.
Lilly: I know that guy is gay. It's just Marshall and I have been together for nine years and I haven't been single since high school.
Robin: you want to be single?
You want to fight off loser guys all night??
The closest definition I could get was this:
to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person:
She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted admirers.
I still have problems with understanding of this word.
In what situations do you use it?
I can't understand what "fend off" means here;
In the TV show ( how I met your mother)
Robin and Lilly go to hang out in a bar on a Sunday night. Robin gets that a lot and Lilly gets jealous. Lilly takes off her ring to attract guys.
Robin: Lilly, I thought tonight was about us hanging out? What are you doing?
Lilly: just "fending off" the advances of that totally hot guy. [ laughing]
Robin: dude, I think that guy is gay.
Lilly: I know that guy is gay. It's just Marshall and I have been together for nine years and I haven't been single since high school.
Robin: you want to be single?
You want to fight off loser guys all night??
The closest definition I could get was this:
to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person:
She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted admirers.
I still have problems with understanding of this word.
In what situations do you use it?
Top answer
" In that you have a good definition and a solid typical example. That's really all there is to the phrase. The reason you are having trouble with the rest of the passage is that it a rapid-fire series of jokes, and jokes are notoriously difficult to translate.
- " In that you have a good definition and a solid typical example.
- That's really all there is to the phrase.
- The reason you are having trouble with the rest of the passage is that it a rapid-fire series of jokes, and jokes are notoriously difficult to translate.
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"to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person:
She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted admirers."
In that you have a good definition and a solid typical example. That's really all there is to the phrase.
The reason you are having trouble with the rest of the passage is that it a rapid-fire series of jokes, and jokes are notoriously difficult to tra
She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted admirers."
In that you have a good definition and a solid typical example. That's really all there is to the phrase.
The reason you are having trouble with the rest of the passage is that it a rapid-fire series of jokes, and jokes are notoriously difficult to tra
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Thank you,Does" fend off" has the idea of keeping away or pushing away an unwanted person?Can I use it for example in this sentence;Say, I were to go shopping and I saw an annoying and nosy person and deliberately changed my direction so that I wouldn't clap eyes on him. Can I say; I fended off that creep? ( this is avoiding the person)Or does it have the implication of verbally or physically pus
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Generally we use "fend off" in reference to a person or animal who has actively approached us. Just avoiding contact with a person is not fending him off.
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Does it have the implication of both physical and verbal reaction?
For example someone attacks you physically, you fend off to defend yourself.
Can we use it when we defend ourselves from someone's attack by shouting, using convincing words etc.
Doe ( physical+ verbal) go together?
For example someone attacks you physically, you fend off to defend yourself.
Can we use it when we defend ourselves from someone's attack by shouting, using convincing words etc.
Doe ( physical+ verbal) go together?
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There are no rules about fending off (obviously). You do whatever it takes.
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Sorry, there's another word " fight off"
Is it a synonym of " fend off"?
Is it a synonym of " fend off"?
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