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drop one's guard

drop one's guard verb: synonym of lower one's guard.

Verb

drop one's guard (third-person singular simple present drops one's guard, present participle dropping one's guard, simple past and past participle dropped one's guard)

  1. Synonym of lower one's guard.

Synonyms of drop one's guard

Forms of drop one's guard

third-person singular presentdrops one's guard
present participledropping one's guard
past participledropped one's guard
pastdropped one's guard

Questions about drop one's guard

What does drop one's guard mean?
Drop one's guard means synonym of lower one's guard.
What part of speech is drop one's guard?
Drop one's guard is a verb.
What is the past tense of drop one's guard?
The past tense of drop one's guard is dropped one's guard.

Words near drop one's guard in the dictionary

  1. drop off the hooks
  2. drop off the map
  3. drop off the radar
  4. drop one's beads
  5. drop one's bundle
  6. drop one's guard
  7. drop one's guts
  8. drop out
  9. drop pass
  10. drop passes
  11. drop pod

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