Usage of "upon one's guard"

Vigilant.

Términos relacionados

wary

Sinónimos

Examples for "on guard"

I put the steward on guard in the garden, beneath the windows. 
 Within an Inch of His Life 

The four men who had been on guard replied in the negative. 
 With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent 

I know the dress; I was on guard when she was passed. 
 Clarence 

Texas Tech also did a good job defensively on guard Buddy Hield. 
 Reuters 

But parents must be on guard even when dealing with legitimate employers. 
 Reuters 

But the tram rumbling by keeps one on one's guard. 
 The ginger man 

Still, it is always best to be on one's guard. 
 Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy 

One had need be on one's guard as to what one says before her. 
 Wives and Daughters 

It's a question of being informed and on one's guard. 
 The Whirlpool 

Still, Sophia, I felt one should be on one's guard where foreigners are concerned. 
 "The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty 

My main object in coming was to put you on your guard. 
 The Case and the Girl 

Take him at once to the city, but be on your guard. 
 Truxton King: A Story of Graustark 

Presently he cried out in Zulu, Be on your guard, white chief. 
 Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand 

Be on your guard as to bruises and hurts of any kind. 
 Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien... 

Good mother, be on your guard against the deceptions prepared for you. 
 Emile 

Uso de upon one's guard en inglés

But when one is specially invited to be candid, one is naturally set upon one's guard. 
 Doctor Thorne 

Still, one must be always upon one's guard! 
 Up the Hill and Over 

One grew accustomed to see an enemy in every stranger, and to be upon one's guard before a neighbor as before some lurking traitor. 
 The Malady of the Century 

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Significados de upon one's guard en inglés