def _get_timeout(self, timeout):
        """ Helper that always returns a :class:`urllib3.util.Timeout` """
        if timeout is _Default:
            return self.timeout.clone()

        if isinstance(timeout, Timeout):
            return timeout.clone()
        else:
            # User passed us an int/float. This is for backwards compatibility,
            # can be removed later
            return Timeout.from_float(timeout)
 Helper that always returns a :class:`urllib3.util.Timeout` 
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