"off guard" meaning in All languages combined

See off guard on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off guard, {{en-PP}} off guard
  1. Not vigilant; unprepared; inattentive. Translations (unprepared): unvorbereitet (German), alla sprovvista (Italian)
    Sense id: en-off_guard-en-prep_phrase-DXSyvbhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'unprepared': 99 1
  2. Unexpectedly or by surprise. Translations (unexpectedly or by surprise): yllättävästi (Finnish), yllättäen (Finnish), unerwartet (German), überraschend (German), враспло́х (vrasplóx) (Russian), неожи́данно (neožídanno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-off_guard-en-prep_phrase-9Kg7PTck Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'unexpectedly or by surprise': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: off-guard

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for off guard meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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