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

The use of pesticides in agriculture has always meant managing a tricky balance—protecting the harvest and making sure essential produce gets to market, while guarding against the possibility that at least some of that produce carries toxic chemicals. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 26 Nov. 2025

The better attackers get at using AI models, and the better the technology itself becomes, the harder intrusions will be to guard against. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2025

Interwoven throughout are previously unheard phone calls the couple taped to guard against FBI surveillance. —Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025

On the earnings call, the CEO said the company's conversations with potential AI partners are focused on enabling new forms of fan engagement and guarding against uses that could dilute or misuse Disney IP. —Chloe Veltman, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for guard against

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