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off guard

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p), off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard, off your guardadjective

    not prepared or vigilant

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

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  1. off guardadjective

    Not vigilant; unprepared; inattentive.

Wikipedia

  1. off guard

    The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for their team and steal the ball on defense. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) to 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) while in the WNBA, shooting guards tend to be between 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m).

ChatGPT

  1. off guard

    Off guard refers to a state of being unprepared, unsuspecting, or not alert, typically due to surprise or sudden occurrence of an event or situation. It often implies a temporary loss of control or composure.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of off guard in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of off guard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of off guard in a Sentence

  1. Lee Merritt:

    We were disappointed about the charges themselves. They moved forward on negligent criminal homicide, we were both surprised and relieved to see charges going forward at all. It's been well past the normal time, well over a year since the incident happened. It caught us off guard, but it was a welcome relief.

  2. The Trump campaign:

    Donald Trump made Megyn Kelly look really bad - Carly Fiorina was a mess with Carly Fiorina anger and totally caught off guard.

  3. Jim Schmidt:

    It's the first time we're hearing it, i am very caught off guard about hearing what we just heard.

  4. Neil Gorsuch:

    Boy, I don’t even know what to say now, you really caught me off guard there.

  5. Todd Rosenbluth:

    If investors had been concerned about possible Brexit, they would have shifted away from developed international equity products last week. The data confirms that some investors were caught off guard, however, domestic equity outflows continued. But in the prior week, large- and mid-caps had the greatest redemptions. This time it was multi-cap and the 'other' style. 'Other' is a catch-all group of lots of investment styles.


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