be caught off (one's) guard

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be caught off (one's) guard

To be taken by surprise; to be caught when one is vulnerable, careless, or inattentive. We'll wait until he's caught off guard, and then we'll take him and his company for all they're worth! Don't be caught off your guard. There are a lot of suspicious characters around here.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Moirrey	MUW-rə	Manx
Susannah	[su:zænə]
Paraskeva	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Cicero	SIS-ə-ro (English)	Ancient Roman
Eustacia	-	English (Rare)
Iris	IE-ris (English), EE-ris (German, Dutch), EE-rees (Finnish, Spanish)	Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish