"lower one's guard" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lowers one's guard [present, singular, third-person], lowering one's guard [participle, present], lowered one's guard [participle, past], lowered one's guard [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lower one's guard (third-person singular simple present lowers one's guard, present participle lowering one's guard, simple past and past participle lowered one's guard)
  1. To become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable. Synonyms: drop one's guard, let one's guard down Translations (to become less guarded): 麻痺大意 (Chinese Mandarin), 麻痹大意 (mábìdàyì) (Chinese Mandarin), herpaantua (Finnish), baisser la garde (French), abbassare la guardia (Italian), usypiać czujność [imperfective] (Polish), uśpić czujność [perfective] (Polish), bajar la guardia (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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