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an umbrella policyReference insurance terminology. An additional protection beyond the basic policy to cover the unusual, the vastly unpredictable, in a loss or damage incident.Rate it:

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board upTo block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.Rate it:

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come in from the coldIn espionage parlance, for an undercover spy to return to the spy agency office or protection.Rate it:

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curl upto shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.Rate it:

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fidem alicuius obsecrare, implorareto implore some one's protection.Rate it:

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fidem publicam dare, interponere (Sall. Iug. 32. 1)to guarantee the protection of the state; to promise a safe-conduct.Rate it:

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in fidem recipere aliquem (B. G. 2. 15. 1)to take a person under one's protection.Rate it:

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ride shotgunProbably arose in early-20th-century Western fiction and movies to describe an employee armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver for protection.Rate it:

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se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidemto put oneself under some one's protection.Rate it:

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stand in the gapTo expose oneself for the protection of something; to make defence against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.Rate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators.Rate it:

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under one's wingUnder one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.Rate it:

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videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state.Rate it:

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wrap upTo fold and secure something to be the cover or protection for something.Rate it:

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wrap upTo wear more clothes as protection from the weather; to bundle up.Rate it:

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