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protect

/pɹəˈtɛkt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
  2. (travel) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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