off-guard
off guard
off one's guard

I got caught a little off-guard last year, but its not going to happen this time around.

Sometimes guys get caught off-guard with a question and didn’t know how to respond.

It was one of those moments that caught me off-guard.

County commissioners have been taken off-guard by the discussion, however.

The first time they asked for furniture, it caught me completely off-guard.

It caught us all off-guard, and everything is completely confused!

Having been caught off-guard by the first kick, Paul was prepared for the second.

Carson seemed to have been taken off-guard by her appreciation.

You may have caught me off-guard that time, but I won't make the same mistake twice.

The bumps in the road still catch me off-guard but I really wouldn't have it any other way.

As a result, he said, the company had been caught off-guard by the response to the professor's blog.

She had caught him a little off-guard by sending Lisa away so quickly.

I'm sorry; you caught me off-guard and I reacted without thinking.

Franklin also admits he caught the club off-guard with his decision.

The 6-foot Sales is a perimeter player who has played off-guard, small forward and sometimes point guard.

What happens if troops are caught off-guard or stretched thin?

Those moments you don't know why but the final whistle went, we won the game 1-0 and it kind of caught me off-guard.

The new by its very nature catches us off-guard.

Some visitors are caught off-guard and don't understand the theatrical convention involved.

“I was off-guard, just thinking maybe the wind is blowing.

But Hanson's way of telling the story catches you off-guard.

Others came just for the hot dogs and some were caught completely, but pleasantly, off-guard.

The rest of the patrol, caught off-guard, hurried after him on their way to the forest ahead.