Which preposition to use with fended

for Occurrences 24%

I can fend for myself, and cook my dinner, and mend my coat when it's wanting it.

off Occurrences 4%

" "Thanks, Bill, I" "No thanks needed," fended off the hotel-keeper, hastily.

to Occurrences 1%

I made her see that what she said was a new proof of my contention: "The reasons you draw from the legitimate views of marriage," said I, "prove that those who hold them, fend to the same end as two ordinary lovers, perhaps, even in better faith, with this difference only, that they wish an extra ceremony attached to it.

Which preposition to use with  fended