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Antonyms for guard against


Grammar : Verb
Spell : gahrd
Phonetic Transcription : gɑrd



Definition of guard against

Origin :
  • early 15c., "one who keeps watch," from Middle French garde "guardian, warden, keeper; watching, keeping, custody," from Old French garder "to keep, maintain, preserve, protect" (corresponding to Old North French warder, see gu-), from Frankish *wardon, from Proto-Germanic *wardo- "to guard" (see ward (v.)). Abstract or collective sense of "a keeping, a custody" (as in bodyguard) also is from early 15c. Sword-play and fisticuffs sense is from 1590s. Guard-rail attested from 1860.
  • As in beware : verb be careful
  • As in defend : verb protect
Example sentences :
  • Oh, Colonel, help me to guard against so dreadful a calamity.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • But there are more kinds of fools than one can guard against.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • She put Count Albert on his guard against this insidious enemy.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And so I was contriving to do all I could to guard against the latter.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He had not been sufficiently on his guard against temptations that might come in the future.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Or, perhaps, he felt it his duty to be on guard against all strangers who approached them.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • She recalled the emphasis with which Eugene had told them to be on their guard against Aristide.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • It is more for our interest than anyone's to guard against them.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • Then at this point, my boys, let us take heed, and be on our guard against deceptions.
  • Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
  • No one can be on his guard against that of which he has no experience.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for guard against

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