on guard against

idiom

: alert and ready to respond to possible danger, threats, problems, etc.

We need to be on guard against attack.

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Burgum will need to be on guard against letting bureaucratic turf wars harm the administration’s policy goals. —

The Editors, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024 As a result, MoneyGram is urging its users to be on guard against fraud and to monitor their credit reports. —

Michael Kan, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 The Butler County Common Pleas Court trial judge decided that consumers should be on guard against the possibility of bones in boneless chicken. —

Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024 The eastern Caribbean also remains on guard against another potential tropical system, a disturbance that the hurricane center is tracking in the central Atlantic. —

Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for on guard against

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