fence with

Idioms  

1. Avoid answering directly, try to evade, as in The mayor was very clever at fencing with the press about his future plans. This expression transfers the parry and thrust of fencing to a verbal exchange. [Second half of 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Yet the moment the signs were affixed to the chain link fence with zip ties, the Taufahemas realized everybody was watching.

From Los Angeles Times

"I want children and the white picket fence with my amazing wife - I just want that normality. This is my gateway to doing it and I can't wait."

From BBC

The hollers of those skinny orphans at the fence, with their hateful, mocking laughter, pounded in my ears.

From Literature

The border itself is now marked by a tall metal fence, with a coil of vicious-looking barbed wire on top and more beyond.

From BBC

The Berlin Christmas market we visit is surrounded by a fence with large, concrete blocks placed along it, while a police car patrols one of the entrances.

From BBC