lower one's guard

lower one's guard

English

Verb

lower one's guard (third-person singular simple present lowers one's guard, present participle lowering one's guard, simple past and past participle lowered one's guard)

1. To become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable.

   Synonyms: drop one's guard, let one's guard down

   Antonym: keep one's guard up

Translations

to become less guarded

Chinese: Mandarin: 麻痺大意／麻痹大意 (mábìdàyì) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: herpaantua French: baisser la garde (fr) Italian: abbassare la guardia (it) Spanish: bajar la guardia

Further reading

• “drop lower your guard” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “lower drop your guard let your guard down”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “drop lower let down your guard” (US) / “drop lower let down your guard” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.