| 单词 | on the defensive |
| 释义 | on the defensiveSEE SYNONYMS FOR on the defensive ON THESAURUS.COM Prepared for withstanding aggression or attack, as in The debate team's plan was to keep their opponents on the defensive, or This teacher put students on the defensive about their mistakes. [c. 1600] Words nearby on the defensiveon the chance that, on the cheap, on the chin, on the contrary, on the cuff, on the defensive, on the dot, on the double, on the edge, on the eve of, on the face of it The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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