on guard against
idiom
: alert and ready to respond to possible danger, threats, problems, etc.
We need to be on guard against attack.
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With giant walls made from the nearby towering timber, the residents are on guard against the infected.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
Consumer Reports is among the advocates warning shoppers to be on guard against buy now, pay later loans, saying some come with high interest rates and fees.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
One is always mindful and on guard against inadvertently saying something that should not be said.
—Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2025
Along Central Park West, Jeff told me that maintaining this tight formation was a defensive tactic left over from the bad old days when the Angels had to be on guard against attacks from gangs.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
Consumer Reports is among the advocates warning shoppers to be on guard against buy now, pay later loans, saying some come with high interest rates and fees.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
One is always mindful and on guard against inadvertently saying something that should not be said.
—Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2025
Along Central Park West, Jeff told me that maintaining this tight formation was a defensive tactic left over from the bad old days when the Angels had to be on guard against attacks from gangs.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on guard against
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“On guard against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20guard%20against. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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