ON YOUR GUARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on your guard mean? 

• ON YOUR GUARD (adjective)
  The adjective ON YOUR GUARD has 1 sense:

1. vigilant

  Familiarity information: ON YOUR GUARD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ON YOUR GUARD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vigilant

Synonyms:

on guard; on one's guard; on your guard; upon one's guard

Context example:

must remain on your guard in such a situation

Similar:

wary (marked by keen caution and watchful prudence)

 Context examples 

I warned you, was his friend's answer; I said—be on your guard when you go near her.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Then stand on your guard, sir!”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Seriously, I would have you be on your guard.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

So she called all seven to her and said: Dear children, I have to go into the forest, be on your guard against the wolf; if he comes in, he will devour you all—skin, hair, and everything.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I am sorry to grieve you, pursued the widow; but you are so young, and so little acquainted with men, I wished to put you on your guard.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

There are times when, for your sake, I have been a little uneasy at his marked preference, and have wished to put you on your guard: but I did not like to suggest even the possibility of wrong.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)