on guard

Speech parts

1. on guard - Adjective

2. on guard - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

vigilant

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Alternative names

on-guard

Synonyms

on one's guard on your guard upon one's guard guard sleepless wakeful ready safe aware defensive watch careful alert cautious wary

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Antonyms

off guard lost dead broken cancelled negligent

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Examples

If a man has sinned and denies it, saying: 'I have not sinned,' do not reprimand him; for that will discourage him. But say to him, 'Do not lose heart, brother, but be on guard in future,' and you will stir his soul to repentance. Poemen

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another. Basil of Caesarea

I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends! Charlotte Brontë

As long as the mouse keeps still you can be sure that the cat stays on guard. Madagascan Proverb

You can't sleep and be on guard. Sicilian Proverb

He who possesses many things is constantly on guard. Sumerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

on good authority on good terms on grounds of on hand on hands on head