off guard
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ˌoff-ˈguard adjective [not before noun]
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English Dictionaryˌoff-ˈguard adjective [not before noun] catch/take somebody off-guard to surprise someone by happening when they are not expecting something or prepared for it:
The sudden snow storm caught us all off-guard. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Idiomsoff guardto be not alert to the unexpected
It caught me off guard when my friend suddenly asked me to lend her some money.
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off guard adj. In a careless attitude; not alert to coming danger; not watching.
In the second that the boxer was off guard, his opponent landed a knockout punch. Timmy s question caught Jean off guard, and she told him the secret before she knew it. Antonym: ON GUARD.
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