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The phrase "be on guard against" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to be cautious or vigilant about a potential threat or danger.
Example: "You should be on guard against scams, especially during the holiday season."
Alternatives: "stay alert to" or "be wary of".
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But if you care about your company's cognitive fitness and, in particular, your management team's overall ability to discern patterns, then you need to be on guard against the inclination to pick only one kind of leader.
Instead, health experts say, the virus is here to stay -- one more thing to be mindful of, to be on guard against, year after year.
I do think that a lot – one of the things that you have to be on guard against is not taking risks because I think that you can, if you've….
He teaches us to be on guard "against naïve-dreaming on international politics," on the one hand, and "against the other pernicious extreme: unrestrained cynicism," on the other (Donnelly 2000, 193).
Whatever any of us believes about how to best advance equality, liberty, and security for all people, we must all be on guard against the narratives that seek to divide us against one another.
We should all be on guard against this disturbing possibility.
And both must constantly be on guard against newer, nimbler rivals.
Courage, Colorni wrote, required the willingness "to always be on guard against oneself".
"We must also be on guard against urban ills," he said.
Still, there is reason to be on guard against backsliding toward authoritarianism.
He also warned pointedly that "China must be on guard against the right.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com