fence with (someone)

In a conversation, to evade or avoid directly answering someone or something. Ever the sly spin doctor, the candidate was able to deftly fence with the journalist around questions of his dubious background.

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]

词组	fence with (someone)
释义	fence with (someone) fence with (someone) In a conversation, to evade or avoid directly answering someone or something. Ever the sly spin doctor, the candidate was able to deftly fence with the journalist around questions of his dubious background. See also: fence Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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] See also: fence The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: fence with slip past (someone or something) slip across stall off weasel word weasel words skip out of (something or some place) get clean away fob off be one step ahead
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