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[ adjective ] not prepared or vigilant

Examples

"the blow caught him napping" "caught in an off-guard moment" "found him off his guard"

Related terms

unready

2
[ adjective ] not prepared or vigilant

Examples

"the blow caught him napping" "caught in an off-guard moment" "found him off his guard"

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

She had caught him off_guard , no preparation , nothing certain but that ahead lay some kind of disaster .

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

And their arrival caught John_Clayton and Charles_Ansley off_guard .

Related terms

unready

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