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fend for

/fɛnd fɔːr/

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verb

/fɛnd fɔːr/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по заботе о себе или обеспечению собственных потребностей без помощи других.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of looking after oneself or providing for one's own needs without help from others.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Take care of oneselfformal

    To look after oneself without help from others.

    ruЗаботиться о себе

    • After leaving home, he had to fend for himself.
    • The young animals must learn to fend for themselves in the wild.
    • She has been fending for her family since her husband passed away.

    Synonymscopeget bymake domanagesurvive

Forms
  • fended for past participle
  • fended for past simple
  • fending for present participle
  • fends for third person singular

Base verbfend