guard against

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

Many staff are now calling for companies to slow down and do more to guard against the potential consequences of building self-improving systems. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

As of Wednesday, authorities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan had all confirmed the implementation of additional precautionary measures at their borders with Russia, to guard against the possible spread of infectious diseases. — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Real-time human monitoring and after-the-fact auditing are emerging as key ways to guard against agents taking unauthorized actions. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Businesses will need new tools for handling refunds, reconciling payments, and guarding against outages. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for guard against

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