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Bedoor Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Guard down?

Hi ,

I'll start letting my guard down when people stop giving me reasons to keep it up.

what does (my guard down ) mean ??

Thank you in advance Emotion: smile
  

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Hi, Literally, 'my guard' refers to the posture I take to protect myself. eg a boxer puts his guard up by putting his hands up in front of his face, down when he lets his hands go down. Figuratively, ' I let my guard down' means I stopped protecting myself.

— Clive

  • Hi, Literally, 'my guard' refers to the posture I take to protect myself.
  • eg a boxer puts his guard up by putting his hands up in front of his face, down when he lets his hands go down.
  • Figuratively, ' I let my guard down' means I stopped protecting myself.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Literally, 'my guard' refers to the posture I take to protect myself.

eg a boxer puts his guard up by putting his hands up in front of his face, down when he lets his hands go down.

Figuratively, ' I let my guard down' means I stop
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Thank you Clive Emotion: smile

Can i use it to mean Relax

e.g. I got sick of studying exams so that why i let my gua
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Hi,

No. There has to be some suggestion of a potential threat of some kind, often from people.


Clive
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