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

Businesses will need new tools for handling refunds, reconciling payments, and guarding against outages. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Somerset needs to guard against looking ahead with a road game against La Vernia looming next week. — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026

This doesn’t just guard against that, and protect against the downside. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

But Snodgrass said some companies may still seek permits to guard against changes by future administrations or to protect themselves against citizen lawsuits. — Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for guard against

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