Monica Crowley

The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay.

American Journalist

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

American Writer

John Fleming

For nearly a century, Republican-controlled Houses held the line on tax rates, a Republican coup de pointe to Democratic tax-increase parries.

American Politician

Can be used for non-physical actions, like avoiding a topic in conversation.

Not Just Physical

Implies a clever or skillful move, often suggesting quick thinking.

Strategy Implication

Indicates a temporary avoidance rather than a permanent solution.

Not a Solution

Originally refers to a movement in fencing, symbolizing a defensive action.

Fencing Origin

Can be metaphorically extended to any quick or clever action to avoid difficulty.

Metaphorical Extension

Often suggests that the action taken was skillful or practiced.

Implies Skill

 They did. In the same year, we were ready. The year we lost our inhibition and moved with courageous abandon was also the year we stared down barrels, sang of cranes in skies, ducked and parried, caught gold in hijab, collected death threats, knew ourselves as patriots,

Chinaka Hodge: What will...

 mountain hovering over the universe and this was Everest and so even as the British are beginning this sort of mission towards Everest it is never separate from Imperial thrust and parry within a month of the

Parry