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on guard
(redirected from remain on guard)

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*on (one's) guard (against someone or something)
alert against someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; keep ~; remain ~; stay ~.) Try to stay on guard against pickpockets. I am always on my guard. Be on guard when you go into the city.
See also: guard

on your guard
to be careful and aware because a situation might be dangerous I resent this attitude that you can't trust anybody, that you always have to be on your guard.
See also: guard


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Dales added: "The MPC will remain on guard for signs that the sharp rises in pipeline price pressures seen over the last year are feeding through into inflation on the high street for some months yet, (but) there does at last seem to be some light emerging at the end of the inflation tunnel.
The public needs to remain on guard against lenders charging illegally high interest rates because damage from the practice remains high,'' an agency official said.
Officers remain on guard at the hospital where the man, believed to be from St Helens and in his 20s, is recovering.
 
 
 
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