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Overprotect

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Verb

1. fuss, mother, overprotect

care for like a mother

Example Sentences:
'She fusses over her husband'

2. overprotect

protect excessively

Example Sentences:
'Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overprotect

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verb
(transitive)
to protect more than necessary, esp to shield (a child) excessively so as to inhibit its development

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Overprotect

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verb transitive
to protect more than is necessary or desirable; specif., to exercise excessive, damaging control over (one's child, etc.) in seeking to shield from hurt, conflict, disappointment, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overprotect

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tr.v. o·ver·pro·tect·ed, o·ver·pro·tect·ing, o·ver·pro·tects
To protect too much; coddle: overprotected their children.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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