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Chris -- 2011-03-08
‘Fend’ and ‘defend’ share a root, but the meanings diverged long ago. Also ‘defend for myself,’ etc. About 1500 ghits, e.g.,
Working while in high school, made me feel like I could defend for myself by facing up to some of my financial responsibilities.
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you cant depend on the goverment for everything sometimes you have to defend for yourself people are so spoiled these days …
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My youngest brother appeared to be the pet of the family so that left me to defend for myself when it came to hand me downs.www.recoverymonth.gov/2004/ voices/storylist.aspx?state=Hawaii-
You had a very unfortunate up bringing with your mother passing at a very young age and you left to defend for yourself. www.doghouseboxing.com/Henderson/Henderson031505.htm
Once your out in the real world its like HELLO! your an adult, defend for yourself.
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I’d like to apologize to the Iraqi people for those Americans who work to run away from this battle and leave you to defend for yourself.
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Also this is why family members can defend for you, it may mean you can’t defend for yourself but your family members certainly can.
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Being left in an isolated world, to defend for myself is always not easy.
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