on guard against
idiom
: alert and ready to respond to possible danger, threats, problems, etc.
We need to be on guard against attack.
Examples of on guard against in a Sentence
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Recent efforts in Ohio and by the Biden administration show that families must be on guard against continuing attacks by ideologues on their kids.
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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review, 19 Nov. 2023
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can turn birthday parties and play dates into emergency room visits.
—Lauren Neergaard, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can lead to emergency room visits.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 11 May 2023
Whoever killed Mary was really aiming at the heart of the touched, which Amalia should have been on guard against.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 May 2021
Vaccine distribution plans in the Washington region are picking up while coronavirus cases have continued to surge, as local health officials urge residents to be on guard against infections.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
Michael Shermer, executive director of the Skeptics Society, argues that conspiracy theories come from an ancient human tendency to stay on guard against predators.
—Delthia Ricks, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2010
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can turn birthday parties and play dates into emergency room visits.
—Lauren Neergaard, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can lead to emergency room visits.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 11 May 2023
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review, 19 Nov. 2023
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can turn birthday parties and play dates into emergency room visits.
—Lauren Neergaard, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can lead to emergency room visits.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 11 May 2023
Whoever killed Mary was really aiming at the heart of the touched, which Amalia should have been on guard against.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 May 2021
Vaccine distribution plans in the Washington region are picking up while coronavirus cases have continued to surge, as local health officials urge residents to be on guard against infections.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
Michael Shermer, executive director of the Skeptics Society, argues that conspiracy theories come from an ancient human tendency to stay on guard against predators.
—Delthia Ricks, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2010
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can turn birthday parties and play dates into emergency room visits.
—Lauren Neergaard, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard against exposures that can lead to emergency room visits.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 11 May 2023
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