"off guard" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Forms: off-guard [alternative]
  1. Not vigilant; unprepared; inattentive. Translations (unprepared): unvorbereitet (German), alla sprovvista (Italian), con la guardia abajo (Spanish), desprevenido (Spanish), por sorpresa (Spanish), hazırlıksız (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-off_guard-en-prep_phrase-DXSyvbhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'unprepared': 96 4
  2. Unexpectedly or by surprise. Translations (unexpectedly or by surprise): yllättävästi (Finnish), yllättäen (Finnish), unerwartet (German), überraschend (German), враспло́х (vrasplóx) (Russian), неожи́данно (neožídanno) (Russian), con la guardia abajo (Spanish), desprevenido (Spanish), por sorpresa (Spanish), hazırlıksız (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-off_guard-en-prep_phrase-9Kg7PTck Disambiguation of 'unexpectedly or by surprise': 1 99

Alternative forms

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