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
I know what blindness means to all men—a growing, narrowing egotism unless one is perpetually on one's guard.
From The Four Feathers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
But one can be on one's guard, and that I assuredly would be.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)
It is necessary also to be on one's guard against hasty assignments.
From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
