to convoy
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- verb
- /kənˈvɔɪ/
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- One of the more valuable tasks that naval forces could undertake was to convoy merchant ships.
So we're convoying up to Tikrit and the, we're, we're planning on taking it down the next day.
- So we're convoying up to Tikrit and the, we're, we're planning on taking it down the next day.
- Get back to Kuwait, convoy to Iraq.
Examples
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At Adam's suggestion, the three of them convoyed to the Waverly Hotel for a much-needed meal.
Fiction book (1991) -
A typical mission involved linking up with a long line of civilian trucks and convoying through a desolate stretch of southern Iraq, as barren as the moon.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, we got the Navy to convoy us.
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we will go to the Admiralty and demand that warships be assigned to convoy and protect merchant vessels in dangerous waters
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We were just driving from Colo to Kansas and saw quite a few utility trucks convoying from what we assume were the Sandy devastation areas.
Blog text (25) -
To deliver supplies to the Russian front... our navies must convoy ships over 4,000 perilous miles... to Murmansk, and from there... more than 1,000 miles overland to the battlefront.
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The military will convoy the humanitarian aid trucks through the war-torn area to ensure their safety.
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In order to prevent attacks, the Navy plans to convoy the fishing boats back to shore.
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After the storm alert, the authorities decided to convoy residents from the coastal zone to safer ground.
Synonyms
To group vehicles together to drive closely using automatic control
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Convoy comes from parts meaning con- ('with') and via ('way'). So to convoy someone is to go with them on their way to protect and help them while they travel.