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词组 lower your guard
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Idiom
lower your guarddrop/lower (your) guard
to stop being careful to avoid danger or difficulty.
Once he knew I wasn't a journalist, he dropped his guard and even let me take a photograph of him.
idiomlower your guard(also let your guard down)to stop being careful about what you do or say, or stop paying attention to what is happening, so that you may be tricked or get into danger:Hadley finally lowered his guard and agreed to give us an interview.As a nation we let our guard down in the 1980s and allowed the disease to come back in a form more deadly than before.

lower (one's) guard

To become less guarded or vigilant; to stop being cautious about potential trouble or danger. We'll wait long enough for them to lower their guard before we launch our invasion. There will always be people in this business looking to exploit you, so you can never lower your guard.

lower your guard

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drop your guard

COMMON If you lower your guard or drop your guard, you stop taking actions to protect yourself against trouble and you start to relax, often with bad consequences. Note: Your guard is the position that you get in when you are ready to defend yourself in sports such as boxing or fencing. The soldiers had made the mistake of lowering their guard at the precise moment when they should have been most alert. I don't like to drop my guard when I'm with my colleagues, even if I'm socializing with them. Note: You can also say that you let your guard down or let down your guard with the same meaning. Many men work in extremely competitive environments where letting down their guard could leave them vulnerable.

lower (or drop or let down) your guard

1 relax your defensive posture, leaving yourself vulnerable to attack. 2 reduce your level of vigilance or caution.
This is an expression connected in its literal sense with boxing, as is its opposite raise your guard meaning ‘adopt a defensive posture’.
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