Usually means: Defensive action to cover retreat.
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  1. rearguard action: Merriam-Webster
  2. rearguard action: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rearguard action: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rearguard action: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. rearguard action: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. rearguard action: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rearguard action)

noun:  (military) An offensive action by a rearguard.
noun:  (figuratively) A desperate attempt to forestall the inevitable.

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