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 any burden of administering this act, the legislation also establishes an 18-month grace period before implementation. —Pam Kohl and Bill Kiser, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024

To keep young people safe while using payment apps, money experts suggest taking these extra steps to guard against scams and overspending. —Kimberly Palmer Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024

OpenAI has not yet released its video technology for Sora, except to outside testers to figure out how to guard against misuse. —Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024

How to guard against mortgage scams Why do hackers target mortgage lenders? —Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024

To guard against manned and unmanned surface vessels that could pose threats, Stavridis said, commanders could position Navy SEALs or other armed personnel in small, high-speed boats, with Israeli security forces providing protection on land. —Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024

There is an urgent need to improve or protect old bridges to guard against larger and larger modern vessels, experts say. —Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024

In California, regulators in December said the Diablo Canyon plant could operate through 2030 instead of 2025 to guard against blackouts as the state shifts toward renewable power sources. —Ed White, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024

To guard against coyotes, eliminate outside food sources. —Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024