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Meanings of on one's guard in English

Vigilant.

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Usage of on one's guard in English
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But the tram rumbling by keeps one on one's guard.
The ginger man
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Still, it is always best to be on one's guard.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
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One had need be on one's guard as to what one says before her.
Wives and Daughters
4
It's a question of being informed and on one's guard.
The Whirlpool
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Still, Sophia, I felt one should be on one's guard where foreigners are concerned.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
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It's an amiable weakness, but one has to be on one's guard against it.
Our Friend the Charlatan
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One must be on one's guard against first impressions, Mary.
The Grey Room
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One had always to be on one's guard, could never say everything to the same person.
Aimez-vous Brahms
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And will one be perpetually on one's guard?
The Four Feathers
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Had Grant been a Congressman one would have been on one's guard, for one knew the type.
The Education of Henry Adams
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He thought the elder girl had some intelligence; one would have to be on one's guard with her.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
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He is so gentle and refined, and one need not be on one's guard in talking to him.
Red Pottage
13
It would be well to be on one's guard, especially as he received all pleasantries with unruffled calmness.
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
14
The sons of Bowanee are no worse than Mr. Sheldon, and one might be on one's guard against them.
Charlotte's Inheritance
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It is imperative to be on one's guard against any similar experience again,-thatbeing the only benefit that can come from disasters.
Dio's Rome, Volume 6 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
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And in view of this fact one must be on one's guard against confusing a logical transformation of concepts with a genealogical development.
At the Deathbed of Darwinism: A Series of Papers