I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a police escort (= a police officer or officers that go with someone to guard or protect them )
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The teams will parade through the city with a police escort.
escort a convoy (= go with a convoy )
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Troops will escort convoys of emergency food through the war zones.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
door
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At ten Lily left and Adam escorted her to the door .
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They escorted her to the door , where she turned, smiling, to shake hands.
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Out of politeness Shiona escorted Janice to the door , then stood in the doorway to watch her drive off.
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In fact, he was the man who'd escorted her to the door to mark the end of her first visit.
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His hand firmly cupping her bare elbow, he escorted her through the door and along the passage.
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But it was Nurse Lambert who stepped briskly out of the lift and escorted him to his door .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After he was sacked, he was escorted discreetly from the building by two senior managers.
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Armed guards escorted the prisoners into the courthouse.
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Kedge escorted Streisand on a tour of the house.
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She sat with Jackson in the front row and later escorted him to a party.
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The guards escorted them to a waiting helicopter.
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The prisoner was escorted into the room by two police officers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally.
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But when Aldridge sighted Flatten doing his job, he ordered House security to escort the reporter from the room.
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He agreed, and said he would go to Athens himself and escort her.
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In spite of the couple's protestations, he forbade Marion to meet Travis again and firmly escorted his tearful daughter home.
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They escorted her to the door, where she turned, smiling, to shake hands.
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They summoned a ranger, who gave her a water-electrolyte mixture and escorted her for two miles to a rest house.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
military
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She was chauffeured but was otherwise without a military escort .
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His military escort made the ceremonial ride anyway, with Mary Todd Lincoln occupying the presidential carriage.
■ NOUN
police
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And yet I would marvel as he accepted police escorts to whisk him past screaming teenyboppers to court at Wimbledon.
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With a police escort , the family left for the airport on their way to California.
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His car, led by a police escort , swung in past the craggy statue of Field Marshal Montgomery.
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Zhu turned to lead the way, followed by Gao Yang and his police escort .
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Passengers must return to the coach immediately after the game in order that they leave as quickly as possible under police escort .
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Maybe a police escort is a plus.
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He and his wife could not move around their own home without a police escort .
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The phone calls at all hours of the day and night, the police escort .
service
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You offer escort services to a famous journalist.
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No less energetic were the Republicans, who were running a kind of political escort service .
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We have put out to tender the contract for prison escort services , an approach which has worked well in other countries.
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The escort service extends to anyone in the community who needs assistance in getting from one place to another.
■ VERB
provide
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And the Earl of Warwick might well provide him with additional escort .
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Finally he agreed to provide us with an escort to Aussa.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His first wife, Tammy, was his escort at the White House party.
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The agreement says weapons inspectors will be accompanied by Iraqi escorts.
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The governor travels with a police escort .
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The three men left the court under police escort .
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They provided an armed escort for the journey back to Cairo.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few girls, their escorts already gone to join their regiments, wept.
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A refreshing change from her usual, inexperienced escorts.
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And for each of the 15 girls buying dresses, there is an escort in need of a tuxedo.
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Four hours later, at about 8 p. m., the hikers followed a Forest Service escort to safety.
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I see her walking with the bride to her new village, being teased by the escort of girls.
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Just my friend Sheila and I, no tour, no escorts.
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Our escorts, both dressed in blazers and boaters jumped on-board - and promptly steered us straight for a garden wall.
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Several other smaller aircraft units from North Island will be on board the Nimitz and its escorts.