english
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verb
guide, protect:
You must escort her to the concert.
noun
person to protect and honor:
The escort accompanied the casket to the cemetery., noun
companion:
Her escort took her to the dance.
verb
accompany:
We will escort you to the office.
noun
guard:
The President had an armed escort.
Simple Definitions
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Phrase(s): escort someone or something to something
to accompany or lead someone or something to something or some place. • We escorted the women to their seats. • Claude escorted Harry to the exit and bade him farewell.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun ADJ. armed, military, motorcycle, police VERB + ESCORT be accompanied by, have She had a police escort to the hospital. | give sb, provide (sb with), send Can you give us an escort? The army provided a small armed escort for the delegation. | need The referee needed a police escort as he left the stadium. ESCORT + NOUN vehicle PREP. under ~ The opposition leader was arrested and taken to the capital under escort. | with/without an ~ They left with a small escort. | ~ for an escort for the Queen's car | ~ of an escort of ten soldiers
Oxford Collocations Dictionary