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avert
Swell or expand to an unnatural extent
(typically of a man) neat and trim in dress, appearance, or bearing
To avoid or dodge a difficult situation.
To move with determination against difficult obstacles
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To avoid or dodge a difficult situation.
At the last minute he realized that the bridge was broken, and he stopped the car just in time,
averting
a disaster of potentially driving headlong into the river.
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