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parry
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Definition:to evade or dodge
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he had never argued, but by silence had assiduously parried her attempts to provoke him into argument. Now for the first time he heard her words with pleasure, and did not inwardly oppose them.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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'How long were you in that bathroom?' Rocco parried with sublime impudence.
Arnold Bennett. The Grand Babylon Hôtel (1902)
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