immunize against

immunize against (something)

To vaccinate someone so that they become immune to a particular disease (named after "against"). A noun or pronoun can be used between "immunize" and "against." No, I never had chicken pox as a kid, so I've been immunized against it. The MMR vaccine immunizes children against measles, mumps, and rubella.
See also: immunize
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

immunize someone against something

to vaccinate someone against some disease; to do a medical procedure that causes a resistance or immunity to a disease to develop in a person. They wanted to immunize all the children against the measles. Have you been immunized against polio?
See also: immunize
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • identify with
  • ask back
  • (Is) this taken?
  • angle
  • angling
  • interpret for
  • interpret for (someone)
  • adapt (something) to (something)
  • adapt to
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Taking into account the fact that to develop immunity, people need far less of the vaccine than mice do, Langridge calculates that one cooked potato a week for a month should provide enough active B-protein to immunize against the cholera toxin.
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By including more peptides in the injected solution, they say, it may be possible to immunize against all rhinovirus types.
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