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sprung to somebody's defence

sprung to somebody's defence is the simple past and past participle of spring to somebody's defence.

Meaning of spring to somebody's defence

Verb

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

Questions about sprung to somebody's defence

What is sprung to somebody's defence the simple past and past participle of?
Sprung to somebody's defence is the simple past and past participle of spring to somebody's defence.

Words near sprung to somebody's defence in the dictionary

  1. sprung out
  2. sprung rhyme
  3. sprung rhymes
  4. sprung to life
  5. sprung to mind
  6. sprung to somebody's defence
  7. sprung up
  8. Sprunger
  9. Sprungers
  10. sprungest
  11. sprunk

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