guard against

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

Meanwhile, Iran’s multi-layered strategy also means the US Navy has to guard against anti-ship missile launchers, which are hidden throughout hundreds of miles of rocky, mountainous terrain on the country’s southern coast. —Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026

Yet retirement planning should be based on a person's maximum life expectancy to guard against outliving their money, Kotlikoff said. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Lonik has helped protect thousands of acres by placing legal restrictions on development—an approach some in Saline Township now see as a way to guard against future data center projects. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 6 May 2026

Players, coaching staff, and recruitment teams will have to work hard over the summer to guard against the sort of tactical regression that made the 2023-24 and 2021-22 campaigns so disappointing. —Carl Anka, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for guard against

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