put on guard
Example Sentences
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Here in Poland, even the younger generation are being put on guard.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
Nations can be put on guard and personnel dispatched to the bread line with a presidential tweet.
From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2017
Government administrators have been put on guard; mistakes have not gone long unnoticed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That night I was put on guard with an older man.
From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy
One dark and stormy night a soldier who had just returned from a long, fatiguing march was put on guard over you.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Bierce, Ambrose