put on guard

VERB

alert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alarm forewarn inform notify tip off

STRONG

flag signal tip

WEAK

give the high sign wave flag

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal hide

VERB

forewarn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admonish apprise dissuade tip off

STRONG

advise alarm alert flag portend telegraph tip

WEAK

forbode give fair warning give the high sign premonish pull one's coat put a bug in one's ear put one wise wave a red flag

VERB

warn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address advise alert caution hint inform instruct notify order predict prepare prompt recommend remind signal suggest summon tell threaten urge

STRONG

acquaint admonish advocate apprise clue counsel deprecate direct dissuade enjoin exhort forbid forearm forewarn guide post prescribe remonstrate reprove tip

WEAK

clue in cry wolf fill in give fair warning give the high sign give warning lay it out make aware tip off wise up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal discourage disorganize dissuade hide ignore prevent

STRONG

allow approve commend compliment laud misguide mislead neglect permit praise withhold

Example Sentences

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Here in Poland, even the younger generation are being put on guard.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024

Nations can be put on guard and personnel dispatched to the bread line with a presidential tweet.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2017

Government administrators have been put on guard; mistakes have not gone long unnoticed.

From Time Magazine Archive

One dark and stormy night a soldier who had just returned from a long, fatiguing march was put on guard over you.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Bierce, Ambrose

I hardly think so; it was pretty dark, and I was put on guard over the rear wagons.

From My Lady of Doubt by Kimball, Alonzo

put on guard

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