guard against
phrasal verb
guarded against; guarding against; guards against
Definition of guard 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.
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“Guard against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guard%20against. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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