on one's guard
Example Sentences
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“Nature here is so strong that one has to be on one’s guard to not be absorbed by it,” wrote Dodge.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2023
It has sniffed at such examples as "directives" for orders, "alerted" for being put on one's guard, "dis-O.K." for withdrawing approval, "deactivate" for abolishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
One should be on one's guard, however, against accepting readily any motive assigned.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
It is always necessary to be on one's guard in society.
From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Suyematsu, Baron Kencho
One must, he felt, be hard on oneself, and on one's guard against the vanity of newfangled ideas and against the enervating effect of civilization.
From Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson
