on guard

English

Alternative forms

• on-guard

Adjective

on guard (comparative more on guard, superlative most on guard)

1. (fencing) The starting position of a fencing bout; en garde.
   • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

     We fall on guard, and after all it is a friend who comes to meet us.

2. vigilant, alert

Antonyms

• off guard

Translations

on alert, vigilant

• Maori: whakahiwa
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Anagrams

• Durango, Garduno, aground