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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Born in Grenada to an enslaved mother and fluent in English, Christophe is perhaps best known as the architect of the famous Citadelle Henry, the mountaintop fortress completed in 1813 to guard against another French occupation.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Empathy in business helps guard against that damage and destruction.
—Ross Overline, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Moyes sometimes uses him as a third central defender to build from the back and help guard against fast counter-attacks.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Yet local medical experts and scientists caution against letting down the nation’s guard against the ever-evolving virus as well as other health epidemics — and even another potential pandemic — that might emerge in the future.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Empathy in business helps guard against that damage and destruction.
—Ross Overline, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Moyes sometimes uses him as a third central defender to build from the back and help guard against fast counter-attacks.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Yet local medical experts and scientists caution against letting down the nation’s guard against the ever-evolving virus as well as other health epidemics — and even another potential pandemic — that might emerge in the future.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Guard against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guard%20against. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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