old guard
[noun]
Synonyms: establishment

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the old guard
a group of people in an organization who want to do things in the way they were done in the past

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old guard
a group of people who have worked in an organization for a long time and do not want it to change.
She has tried to resist attempts by the old guard to halt the reform process.

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old-guard
the old guard - a group of people who have worked in an organization for a long time and do not want it to change.
Most people in the party want to see the old-guard leadership replaced.
(always before noun)

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old guard
n. phr. People whose ideas may be out of date, but who have been in power for a long time.
There will not be any change in policy at the company, as long as the old guard still works here.

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