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off one's guard

off one's guard prepositional phrase: not on one's guard; inattentive to possible hazards and thus vulnerable.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Not on one's guard; inattentive to possible hazards and thus vulnerable.

Questions about off one's guard

What does off one's guard mean?
Off one's guard means not on one's guard; inattentive to possible hazards and thus vulnerable.
What part of speech is off one's guard?
Off one's guard is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off one's guard in the dictionary

  1. off one's chump
  2. off one's dot
  3. off one's face
  4. off one's feed
  5. off one's game
  6. off one's guard
  7. off one's head
  8. off one's hinge
  9. off one's hinges
  10. off one's meds
  11. off one's nut

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