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  • 1under escort — phrase with an escort He arrived in court under police escort. Thesaurus: to go somewhere with someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: escort …

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  • 2under escort — with an escort He arrived in court under police escort …

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  • 3under escort — accompanied …

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  • 4escort — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed, military, motorcycle, police, security ▪ convoy, destroyer, fighter (esp. AmE) (all military) …

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  • 5escort — I n. 1) to provide an escort for 2) an armed; motorcycle; police escort 3) an escort for 4) under escort II v. (D; tr.) to escort from; to * * * [ eskɔːt] motorcycle police escort to (D; tr.) to escor …

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  • 6escort — e|scort1 [ıˈsko:t US o:rt] v [T] 1.) to take someone somewhere, especially when you are protecting or guarding them ▪ The shipment was escorted by guards. escort sb back/through/to etc (sth) ▪ Two Marines escorted Benny inside. ▪ I escorted her… …

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  • 7escort — escorts, escorting, escorted (The noun is pronounced [[t]e̱skɔː(r)t[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪskɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]].) 1) N COUNT An escort is a person who travels with someone in order to protect or guard them. He arrived with a police escort… …

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  • 8escort — 1 noun (C) 1 a person or a group of people or vehicles that go with someone in order to protect or guard them: a motorcycle escort | under escort (=protected or guarded by an escort): The suspects arrived under armed escort. 2 someone, especially …

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  • 9escort — es|cort1 [ ı skɔrt ] verb transitive 1. ) to go somewhere with a person or vehicle in order to protect them or prevent them from escaping: Her bodyguards escorted her through the airport. a battleship escorted by several smaller vessels 2. ) to… …

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  • 10escort — I UK [ˈeskɔː(r)t] / US [ˈesˌkɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms escort : singular escort plural escorts 1) a person or a group of people, vehicles, ships etc that go somewhere with another person, vehicle, ship etc in order to protect them or to… …

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