rescue
/ˈres.kjuː/
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Translation
To save someone or something from danger or harm.
Word origin
From Old French rescoure, meaning to set free or save.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- rescoure
Grammar
Verb typeregular (rescue, rescues, rescued)
Examples
.
Here "rescue" means to save people from danger.
firemen .
"Rescued" is the past form of "rescue".
wings.
"Rescues" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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