insulate someone or something from someone or something
- insulate someone or something from someone or something
insulate someone or something against someone or something & insulate someone or something from someone or something
to protect someone or something against the effect of someone or something. •
Use an extra blanket to insulate the baby against the cold.
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John is a bad inf luence on the children, and I've taken care to insulate them against him.
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We insulated the children from the effects of John and his bad habits.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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