Meaning

1 senses

  1. In a watchful state; alert; vigilant.

    Be on your guard against pickpockets in the railway station.

Examples

51 sentences

  1. You'd better stay on your guard.

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  2. Tom fell asleep on guard duty.

    ruТом заснул на посту. — Wezel

    deTom schlief während des Wachdienstes ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Be on your guard against Tom.

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  4. Tom will be on his guard.

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  5. Tom was accused of falling asleep on guard duty.

    deTom wurde des Schlafens während des Wachdienstes angeklagt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

1 languages

Synonyms

1 synonyms
on the alert

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
onA1onboard

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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