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.

“We have been so used to making shots and so I think it caught us off guard a little bit,” Roberts said.

Hogan seemed caught off guard, and after plugging his new beer, went backstage.