parry
/ˈpæɹ.i/ verb C2- To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
He/she/it parries · Past parried · Past participle parried · -ing form parrying
Verb forms
- Base form
- parry
- He/she/it
- parries
- Past
- parried
- Past participle
- parried
- -ing form
- parrying
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made but a faint attempt to parry this unexpected blow; the monarchy he had scarcely reconstructed tottered on its precarious foundation, and at a sign from the emperor the incongruous structure of ancient prejudices and new ideas fell to the ground.
I tell you, my friend, that if a detailed account of that silent contest could be written, it would take its place as the most brilliant bit of thrust-and-parry work in the history of detection.
“Then give me water,” cried Danglars, endeavoring to parry the blow.
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