preserve someone or something against something
- preserve someone or something against something
preserve someone or something against something
to guard or protect someone or something against something. (Stilted or old-fashioned in reference to people.) •
I hope that the vaccine will preserve us against inf luenza.
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There is nothing in the jam to preserve it against spoilage.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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