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

With houses built mostly of dry masonry, stone, and timber, some families preferred to stay in the open to guard against shocks, rather than return home. —Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025

Federal officials provide resources to places of worship to guard against attacks such as these. —Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025

For Windows users, Malwarebytes's proprietary ransomware attack technology helps protect your PC's files and photos while simultaneously guarding against vulnerable and unpatched software. —PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025

And the deliberate and malicious misuse of mirror life organisms could be even more difficult to guard against. —Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for guard against

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