"spring to somebody's defence" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: springs to somebody's defence [present, singular, third-person], springing to somebody's defence [participle, present], sprang to somebody's defence [past], sprung to somebody's defence [past], sprung to somebody's defence [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|spring<,,sprang:sprung,sprung> to somebody's defence}} spring to somebody's defence (third-person singular simple present springs to somebody's defence, present participle springing to somebody's defence, simple past sprang to somebody's defence or sprung to somebody's defence, past participle sprung to somebody's defence)
  1. To defend someone Synonyms: leap to somebody's defence, jump to somebody's defence
    Sense id: en-spring_to_somebody's_defence-en-verb-zZgJchpW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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