"self-spot" meaning in English

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        "t2": "to support or assist a maneuver"
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  "etymology_text": "self- + spot (“to support or assist a maneuver”).",
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      "form": "self-spots",
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    {
      "form": "self-spotting",
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    {
      "form": "self-spotted",
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      "form": "self-spotted",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23",
          "text": "Before a student attempts to take all their weight into their inner thigh, have them self-spot by placing their opposite hand on the bent knee.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, page 44",
          "text": "The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123",
          "text": "It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.",
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        "To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, weightlifting) To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "weightlifting"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "self-spot"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "self- + spot (“to support or assist a maneuver”).",
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      "form": "self-spotting",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "self-spotted",
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          "ref": "2010, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "text": "The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123",
          "text": "It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.",
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        "To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight."
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        "(intransitive, weightlifting) To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight."
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