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What does on guard mean?

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Adjective
  1. (fencing) The starting position of a fencing bout; en garde.
  2. vigilant, alert
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They kept a vigilant watch at the back but had to be on guard against the counter.
Things soured after a six-year-old girl hurt herself when the dog on guard chased her in a bid to protect its family.
He represents her seated on a state throne whose canopy simulates the dome of the sky while at her feet, two lions rest on guard.
But once she was loose, the man on guard spotted her, and shouted for the others to come, while he chased after her.
On Tuesday, hundreds of protesters drove trucks into the county administration building and injured a score of police troops on guard.
The men left on guard outside the caves placed plastic sheets over their entrances and heaped dirt on them for camouflage.

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