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Meanings of off one's guard in English

Not prepared or vigilant.

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Examples for "napping"
1
But once in a while even the smartest people are caught napping.
Old Granny Fox
2
In football the unexpected counts most, and Harmony was certainly caught napping.
Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums
3
He had earned it while napping, although he did not understand how.
Catch-22
4
Must give up important ball chasing, important napping, important sniffing-allto write.
A big little life
5
Sound it did, in short time, but it caught no one napping.
Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
1
I couldn't say if he was disappointed or just caught completely off-guard.
Act of will
2
One long-time resident, Susan Wright, said the blaze had caught everyone off-guard.
News.com.au
3
But it caught the scientific community tasked with informing policy makers off-guard.
The Guardian
4
It was the assembly of her senior year that threw her off-guard.
Good girls don't
5
They smashed into the group, catching them off-guard with their unexpected speed.
The skein of lament
1
The advantage always lies in catching the other fellow off his guard.
The Scranton High Chums on the Cinder Path / Or, The Mystery of ...
2
It put him right off his guard after he'd disposed of that.
Report for Murder
3
The sudden change in his wife's manner threw him off his guard.
After the Storm
4
Thus thrown off his guard, he blindly dashed into the wrong channel.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
5
For a fraction of a second he was caught off his guard.
Oh, You Tex!
1
Stephanie was off her guard for once, in no truly fencing mood.
The Titan
2
The strangeness and surprise took Mary off her guard, and she faltered:
A Son of the Hills
3
She was off her guard, and she spoke it aloud to Durrance.
The Four Feathers
4
She was angry enough, at that moment, to be off her guard.
The Fallen Leaves
5
Cornelia flushed and trembled; the traitorous feint had thrown her off her guard.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 2
1
Once before when you played that overture you were off your guard.
The Four Feathers
2
You were so happy, that perhaps you were thrown off your guard.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
3
That was a blind, monsieur, meant to throw you off your guard.
For The Admiral
4
And a thing like that takes you off your guard.
The stranger
5
You showed the truth plainly when off your guard.
An Original Belle