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

To guard against data breaches, access controls provide user roles and permissions with granular controls to restrict data access, which reduces the risk of unauthorized entry. —Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

Access to public information ensures that winnings are distributed fairly, and guards against wrongdoing in the system. —Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025

Francis urged political leaders to guard against religious extremism and warned Catholics not to force their faith on others during a 2024 visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. —N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025

One suit received class-action status for hundreds of women housed at the prison in spring 2024, leading to an unprecedented settlement that secured numerous protections and an independent monitor to help guard against further abuse. —Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for guard against

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