transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪə(r)gɑ:(r)d ]
1.
In a battle, the rearguard is a group of soldiers who protect the back part of an army, especially when the army is leaving the battle.
N-SING : the N
2.
If someone is fighting a rearguard action or mounting a rearguard action , they are trying very hard to prevent something from happening, even though it is probably too late for them to succeed. ( JOURNALISM )
Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.
PHRASE : V inflects