on guard against

idiom

: alert and ready to respond to possible danger, threats, problems, etc.

We need to be on guard against attack.

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As a result, MoneyGram is urging its users to be on guard against fraud and to monitor their credit reports. —

Michael Kan, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 The Butler County Common Pleas Court trial judge decided that consumers should be on guard against the possibility of bones in boneless chicken. —

Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024 The eastern Caribbean also remains on guard against another potential tropical system, a disturbance that the hurricane center is tracking in the central Atlantic. —

Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024 What state officials are doing to find disease For its part, California wildlife officials have been on guard against the disease, monitoring and testing California elk and deer populations since 2000. —

Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for on guard against

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