Meanings
present singular third person lowers one's guard · participle present lowering one's guard · participle past lowered one's guard · past lowered one's guard
- To become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable.
Taiwan is monitoring what it called "abnormal" changes to China's military leadership after its most senior general was put under investigation, and will not lower its guard as the threat level remains high, the defence minister said on Monday.
2026 January 26, Ben Blanchard, Roger Tung, “Taiwan monitoring 'abnormal' China military leadership changes after top general put under investigation”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026Synonyms: drop one's guard, let one's guard down · Antonyms: keep one's guard up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 麻痺大意 /麻痹大意
- 麻痺大意 /麻痹大意 (mábìdàyì)to become less guarded
Finnish herpaantua
- herpaantuato become less guarded
French baisser la garde
- baisser la gardeto become less guarded
Italian abbassare la guardia
- abbassare la guardiato become less guarded
Polish usypiać czujność, uśpić czujność
- usypiać czujnośćto become less guarded
- uśpić czujnośćto become less guarded
Spanish bajar la guardia
- bajar la guardiato become less guarded
Turkish gardını düşürmek, gardını indirmek
- gardını düşürmekto become less guarded
- gardını indirmekto become less guarded
Cite this entry
lower one's guard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lower%20one's%20guard
“lower one's guard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lower%20one's%20guard. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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