"mettere in guardia" meaning in Italian

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        "1": "to put in guard/watch"
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      "form": "méttere in guardia",
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      "form": "métto in guardia",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "mìsi in guardia",
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        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mésso in guardia",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Tim, on the other hand, warned that such populist gestures would be counterproductive, scaring off the investors we needed to recapitalize the banks.\n(literally, “Tim, on the other hand, warned about the fact that similar populist attitudes could prove themselves counterproductive, scaring all those investors whom we needed to recapitalize the banks.”)",
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 12, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
          "text": "Tim, dall'altra parte, metteva in guardia sul fatto che simili atteggiamenti populisti potessero rivelarsi controproducenti, spaventando tutti quegli investitori di cui avevamo bisogno per ricapitalizzare le banche.",
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        "to warn; to caution"
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        "(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) to warn; to caution"
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          "word": "avvisare"
        },
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          "word": "ammonire"
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  "word": "mettere in guardia"
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "mìsi in guardia",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mésso in guardia",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "english": "Tim, on the other hand, warned that such populist gestures would be counterproductive, scaring off the investors we needed to recapitalize the banks.\n(literally, “Tim, on the other hand, warned about the fact that similar populist attitudes could prove themselves counterproductive, scaring all those investors whom we needed to recapitalize the banks.”)",
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 12, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
          "text": "Tim, dall'altra parte, metteva in guardia sul fatto che simili atteggiamenti populisti potessero rivelarsi controproducenti, spaventando tutti quegli investitori di cui avevamo bisogno per ricapitalizzare le banche.",
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  "word": "mettere in guardia"
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