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

His words do not even imply that he does, but it is as well to be on one’s guard.

From Unconscious Memory by Butler, Samuel

I should have thought for my part, but that's of no consequence, it was as well to be on one's guard in a nest of vipers, for Edmund's sake, if not for your own.'

From The Young Step-Mother by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

One must be on one's guard with these great fortunes that come from such a distance.

From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham