safeguard against sth
— phrasal verb with safeguard uk/ˈseɪf.ɡɑːd/us/ˈseɪf.ɡɑːrd/verb [ T ]
to do things that you hope will stop something unpleasant from happening:
A good diet will safeguard against disease.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
- holding pattern
- impede
- prevention
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
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