off-guard

The heavy snowfall began on Friday evening, intensifying over the weekend, catching mountain guides off guard.

But with all of the usual attention on the band as it prepared to release “Silver Bleeds the Black Sun,” there was still one moment that caught everyone off guard.

On Wednesday, he explained that he had seen a message about "a personal story from my past" on a reporter's phone, which "caught me off guard".

Miller often called well into the evening, Dudek said, to chastise him about anything the press had reported that day that had caught the administration off guard.

In the opening moments, a shooter springs upon authorities surveying a crime scene with almost supernatural speed, catching not just the police but also the audience off guard.