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

Demonstrations in Greece often turn violent, and stores and cafes along the route rolled down steel shutters to guard against their windows being smashed. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Demonstrations in Greece often turn violent, and stores and cafés along the route rolled down steel shutters to guard against their windows being smashed. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

To guard against future rulings, a reproductive rights advocacy group called All* Above All is pushing state-level legislation to safeguard emergency care. — Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026

To guard against these, MyDefence has come up with an electronics box that can be easily worn. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for guard against

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