guard against
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
To be careful and take steps to stop something bad from happening.
"You should always guard against complacency — that's when most mistakes are made."
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Guard against that.
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lions to help guard against threats underwater.
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as he advanced to guard against ambush.
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So how do you guard against it?
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and to help guard against risk before