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Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:06 am What does on the alert mean? Is it an idiom?

what does on the alert mean? It's actually from a poem, "For as on the alert...", and I'm not sure what it means.

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Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:20 am To be on the alert

I think if you are on the alert you are ready to take action, you might be expecting some kind of danger or hazard. _________________ Life is for living.

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