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.
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After the pandemic, Easter Knox continued to wear her mask to guard against the neighborhood's pollution.
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Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Watching a rearview mirror to guard against a repeat attack is pointless.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
According to Bouffard, the U.S. maintains significant defense capabilities in Alaska to guard against a potential attack from the west.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
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
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Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Watching a rearview mirror to guard against a repeat attack is pointless.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
According to Bouffard, the U.S. maintains significant defense capabilities in Alaska to guard against a potential attack from the west.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for guard against
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“Guard against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guard%20against. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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