on one's guard
Example Sentences
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“Nature here is so strong that one has to be on one’s guard to not be absorbed by it,” wrote Dodge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
It has sniffed at such examples as "directives" for orders, "alerted" for being put on one's guard, "dis-O.K." for withdrawing approval, "deactivate" for abolishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
And one has to be on one's guard against neighbors.
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
One must be on one's guard with these great fortunes that come from such a distance.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives
It is necessary to be on one’s guard against what one hears, as I verified yesterday in a particular case.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Charles Greville
