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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def protect(self, protect_against=None):
 """ Return a ProtectedF with the same parameters and with the given `protect_against`. """

        return ProtectedF(self._func,
                          *self._args,
                          protect_against=protect_against,
                          **self._kwargs)