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Parry
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(parries, parrying, parried) 1. If you parry a question or argument, you cleverly avoid answering it or dealing with it. In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations. = counter VERB: V n 2. If you parry a blow from someone who is attacking you, you push aside their arm or weapon so that you are not hurt. I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks... I parried, and that’s when my sword broke. = deflect VERB: V n, V
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verb (parried; ~ing) Etymology: probably from French parez, imperative of parer to ~, from Old Occitan parar, from Latin parare to prepare — more at pare Date: 1672 intransitive verb 1. to ward off a weapon or blow 2. to evade or turn aside something transitive verb 1. to ward off (as a blow) 2. to evade especially by an adroit answer parried the question • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 avert or ward off (a weapon or attack), esp. with a countermove. 2 deal skilfully with (an awkward question etc.). --n. (pl. -ies) an act of parrying. Etymology: prob. repr. F parez imper. of parer f. It. parare ward off ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. спорт. отбив (прием защиты в боксе) cross parry —- перекрестный отбив inside parry —- отбив левой влево или правой вправо outside parry —- отбив левой вправо или правой влево 2. спорт. защита (фехтование) counter parry —- круговая защита parry with pressure —- защита нажимом 3. парирование (вопроса) 4. спорт. отражать (удар, нападение) 5. парировать to parry a question —- уклоняться от ответа, отвечать вопросом на вопрос I parried her questions by my arguments —- я парировал ее вопросы своими доводами 6. уклоняться, отделываться (от чего-либо) he always parries disagreeable affairs —- он всегда уклоняется от неприятных дел ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) отражение удара; защита (в фехтовании), отбив (в боксе) 2) парирование (вопроса и т.д.); 2. v. 1) отражать (удар, нападение); I did not want to wound him, but to parry his attacks. 2) парировать; Mr. King had to parry questions on the economy plan. 3) уклоняться, отделываться (от чего-л.); He always parries disagreeable affairs. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to avoid answering a difficult question (White House spokesmen tired of parrying journalists' questions) 2 to defend yourself against someone who is attacking you by pushing their weapon or hand to one side; deflect - parry n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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