on guard

English

Alternative forms

on-guard

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

(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.
Vigilant, alert.
(aviation) Transmitting on the aircraft emergency frequency.

Antonyms

off guard

Translations

on alert, vigilant

French: en garde (fr)
Maori: whakahiwa
Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see mieć się na baczności (pl) impf

Anagrams

Durango, Garduno, Guadron, aground

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