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on guard en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Meanings

  1. The starting position of a fencing bout.
    • We fall on guard, and after all it is a friend who comes to meet us. 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
  2. Vigilant, alert.
  3. Transmitting on the aircraft emergency frequency.

Forms

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more on guard Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most on guard Degree=Sup lexicographic
on-guard alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

off guard

Synonyms

en garde

Translations (10)

pl but see mieć się na baczności (on alert, vigilant) · es con la guardia arriba (on alert, vigilant) · unm kwèxsi (on alert, vigilant) · es espabilado (on alert, vigilant) · es estar al pedo (on alert, vigilant) · es alerta (on alert, vigilant) · mi whakahiwa (on alert, vigilant) · fr en garde (on alert, vigilant) · es despabilado (on alert, vigilant) · es con la guardia en alto (on alert, vigilant)