| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Archaic. To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm: defend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shield, ward. See ATTACK. 2. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, get along, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. Informal : make out. Idioms: make do, make shift. See THRIVE. 3. To turn or drive away. Also used with off: beat off, keep off, parry, repel, repulse, ward off. See ALLOW, STRIKE.
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