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
He is so gentle and refined, and one need not be on one's guard in talking to him.
From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary
I hope not; but it is always well to be on one's guard.
From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony
One must be suspicious: be always on one's guard, always on the watch.
From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis
