put on guard
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
The first night after our arrival, I was put on guard near the Light-house, and in plain sight of the ships.
From History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome by Jerome, Chauncey
"By golly, maybe I's too old t' put on guard, but I kin detect, all right!"
From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
