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

However, the Administration should go one step further, recognize the anti-competitive consequence of passive and guard against any 401 (k) structure that disproportionately rewards size—either for managers or potential borrowers. —Mike Terwilliger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025

Michael McCoy struggled at left guard against Louisville and has allowed five pressures in 122 pass-blocking snaps. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025

Kuhr said he’s gone all the way back to McCoy’s tape from his days in Denver (2009-12, 2017) and San Diego (2013-16) to guard against the unknown of what the Titans’ offense might look like under his direction. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025

On top of earlier bans on the export of rare earth mining technology, Beijing last week also blocked any Chinese national from working for overseas rare earth facilities to guard against intellectual property transfer. —Charlie Campbell, Time, 16 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for guard against

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