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lowered one's guard

lowered one's guard is the simple past and past participle of lower one's guard.

Meaning of lower one's guard

Verb

lower one's guard (third-person singular simple present lowers one's guard, present participle lowering one's guard, simple past and past participle lowered one's guard)

  1. To become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable.
    • Taiwan is monitoring what it called "abnormal" changes to China's military leadership after its most senior general was put under investigation, and will not lower its guard as the threat level remains high, the defence minister said on Monday.2026 January 26, Ben Blanchard, Roger Tung, “Taiwan monitoring 'abnormal' China military leadership changes after top general put under investigation”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived...

Questions about lowered one's guard

What is lowered one's guard the simple past and past participle of?
Lowered one's guard is the simple past and past participle of lower one's guard.

Words near lowered one's guard in the dictionary

  1. lowercasifying
  2. lowercasing
  3. lowerclassman
  4. lowerclassmen
  5. lowered
  6. lowered one's guard
  7. lowered one's sights
  8. lowered the bar
  9. lowered the boom
  10. lowerer
  11. lowerers

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