keep one's guard up in English

Forms: keeps one's guard up [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's guard up [participle, present], kept one's guard up [participle, past], kept one's guard up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's guard up}} keep one's guard up (third-person singular simple present keeps one's guard up, present participle keeping one's guard up, simple past and past participle kept one's guard up)

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        "To be careful and alert to the possibility of danger."
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        {
          "word": "have one's guard up"
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          "word": "be on one's guard"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "pysyä valppaana"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "pitää varansa"
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          "word": "rester sur ses gardes"
        }
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      "word": "pysyä valppaana"
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"keep one's guard up" meaning in English

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