Dictionary entry

Fend for oneself

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

[PHRV ] ကိုယ့်ဝမ်း ကိုယ်ကျောင်း၊ ကိုယ့်အား ကိုယ်ကိုးသည်။ [PHRV ] ရှောင်သည်။

Definition

fend / fend / v fend for oneself [ PHRV ] ကိုယ့္ဝမ္း ကိုယ္ေက်ာင္း၊ ကိုယ့္အား ကိုယ္ကိုးသည္။ It is time you left home and learnt to fend for yourself. ❏ fend sth/sb off [ PHRV ] ေရွာင္သည္။ fend off a blow ❍ The minister had to fend off some awkward questions from reporters. ❍ He tried to kiss her but she fended him off.

Examples

  1. The kittens have been fending for themselves since they were six weeks old.
  2. His opponent jumped back and tried to fend off the blows.
  3. So far he has managed to fend off attacks on his reputation.