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BODY GUARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does body guard mean?
• BODY GUARD (verb)
The verb BODY GUARD has 1 sense:
1. accompany and protect from physical harm
Familiarity information: BODY GUARD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accompany and protect from physical harm
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "body guard" is one way to...):
protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)
"Body guard" entails doing...:
escort (accompany as an escort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
bodyguard (a group of men who escort and protect some important person)
bodyguard (someone who escorts and protects a prominent person)
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