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or chaperon
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip
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Katie Klingsporn, The Denver Post, 31 July 2024
After chaperoning his 8-year-old son, Miles, on a school field trip to a museum, Wier received a phone call from the school principal inquiring about a possible shoplifting incident.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
Tara John, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
Its participants were the rocket scientist and double agent Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) battling his chaperone behind the Iron Curtain, East German security officer Hermann Gromek (Wolfgang Kieling), with the farmer’s wife (Carolyn Conwell) offering Armstrong an assist.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Law helps students get their driver’s licenses, chaperones college visits and makes calls when kids get arrested.
—Katie Klingsporn, The Denver Post, 31 July 2024
After chaperoning his 8-year-old son, Miles, on a school field trip to a museum, Wier received a phone call from the school principal inquiring about a possible shoplifting incident.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
Noun
The hardline Islamist group has closed secondary schools for girls, banned women from attending university, restricted their travel without a male chaperone, and banned them from public spaces such as parks and gyms.
—Tara John, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
Its participants were the rocket scientist and double agent Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) battling his chaperone behind the Iron Curtain, East German security officer Hermann Gromek (Wolfgang Kieling), with the farmer’s wife (Carolyn Conwell) offering Armstrong an assist.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Chaperone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperone. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
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