guard against

phrasal verb

guarded against; guarding against; guards against

: to try to keep (something) from happening

Clean the wound to guard against infection.

That's the sort of thinking we have to guard against.

Examples of guard against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet local medical experts and scientists caution against letting down the nation’s guard against the ever-evolving virus as well as other health epidemics — and even another potential pandemic — that might emerge in the future. —Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025

Also in the mix is vitamin E to repair barrier damage and guard against free radicals. —Sarah Han, Allure, 9 Mar. 2025

In what is expected to be his final speech as the Fed's rules chief, Barr maintained that strong rules and robust capital requirements for banks are needed to guard against unforseen shocks. —Pete Schroeder, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025

Ukraine has made membership in NATO a key strategic aim, hoping that the alliance’s protection would guard against future Russian aggression. —Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for guard against

• recommenced
• recompensed
• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed