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Off-guard   /ɔf-gɑrd/   Listen
Off-guard

adjective
1.
Not prepared or vigilant.  Synonyms: napping, off guard, off her guard, off his guard, off one's guard, off your guard.  "Caught in an off-guard moment" , "Found him off his guard"






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"Off-guard" Quotes from Famous Books



... speech Mrs. Condor's voice had dropped from its original tone of petty rancor to one of petulant self-justification. Stillman knew at once that her ill-temper had caught her off-guard and she was already trying to crawl slowly back into his favor. She had meant, no doubt, to soften her news over a glass or two of chilled white wine which she had counted on sipping during the noon hour. She might even then have gone farther and decided to cast her fortunes with Stillman and Claire ...
— The Blood Red Dawn • Charles Caldwell Dobie

... yourself, beautiful," he answered promptly and with fervor. "I wouldn't trust myself with you one minute off-guard ...
— The Tinder-Box • Maria Thompson Daviess



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