self-insure

[self-in-shoor, self-]

self-in·sure

[self-in-shoor, self-] verb, self-in·sured, self-in·sur·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
verb (used without object)
2.
to insure with self-insurance.

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to spend time idly; loaf.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

Origin:
1930–35
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