Usage of "off her guard"

Not prepared or vigilant.

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Examples for "napping"

But once in a while even the smartest people are caught napping. 
 Old Granny Fox 

In football the unexpected counts most, and Harmony was certainly caught napping. 
 Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums 

He had earned it while napping, although he did not understand how. 
 Catch-22 

Must give up important ball chasing, important napping, important sniffing-allto write. 
 A big little life 

Sound it did, in short time, but it caught no one napping. 
 Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor... 

I couldn't say if he was disappointed or just caught completely off-guard. 
 Act of will 

One long-time resident, Susan Wright, said the blaze had caught everyone off-guard. 
 News.com.au 

But it caught the scientific community tasked with informing policy makers off-guard. 
 The Guardian 

It was the assembly of her senior year that threw her off-guard. 
 Good girls don't 

They smashed into the group, catching them off-guard with their unexpected speed. 
 The skein of lament 

The advantage always lies in catching the other fellow off his guard. 
 The Scranton High Chums on the Cinder Path / Or, The Mystery of ... 

It put him right off his guard after he'd disposed of that. 
 Report for Murder 

The sudden change in his wife's manner threw him off his guard. 
 After the Storm 

Thus thrown off his guard, he blindly dashed into the wrong channel. 
 Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land 

For a fraction of a second he was caught off his guard. 
 Oh, You Tex! 

Once before when you played that overture you were off your guard. 
 The Four Feathers 

You were so happy, that perhaps you were thrown off your guard. 
 The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations 

That was a blind, monsieur, meant to throw you off your guard. 
 For The Admiral 

And a thing like that takes you off your guard. 
 The stranger 

You showed the truth plainly when off your guard. 
 An Original Belle 

Uso de off her guard en inglés

Stephanie was off her guard for once, in no truly fencing mood. 
 The Titan 

The strangeness and surprise took Mary off her guard, and she faltered: 
 A Son of the Hills 

She was off her guard, and she spoke it aloud to Durrance. 
 The Four Feathers 

She was angry enough, at that moment, to be off her guard. 
 The Fallen Leaves 

Cornelia flushed and trembled; the traitorous feint had thrown her off her guard. 
 Sandra Belloni — Volume 2 

The suddenness of my question took her off her guard and startled her. 
 The Doctor's Dilemma 

Carmichael addressed her quickly in French, aiming to catch her off her guard. 
 The Goose Girl 

Mrs. Vandemeyer gave a sigh of relief, off her guard for the moment. 
 The Secret Adversary 

To throw her off her guard, he wrote and sent a little note: 
 We Can't Have Everything: A Novel 

His object was to lull her suspicions and put her off her guard. 
 M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." 

Sylvia had not expected this and she was off her guard. 
 Ranching for Sylvia 

Edith was thrown completely off her guard by this unexpected scene. 
 Cast Adrift 

For a moment she was off her guard-witha dangerous man watching her. 
 The Grey Lady 

And Ruth herself, thrown off her guard, recognized and exclaimed over Dr. Hodge. 
 Four Girls at Chautauqua 

For the first time in a long while, Rolla was temporarily off her guard. 
 The Emancipatrix 

But she was evidently off her guard now, and had retired in good earnest. 
 The Four Canadian Highwaymen; Or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp 

Significados de off her guard en inglés