guard against
Verb
Meaning
guard against (third-person singular simple present guards against, present participle guarding against, simple past and past participle guarded against)
To prevent something unpleasant from happening.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Examples
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.
No one can guard against treachery.