The phrase "agreed to avert" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a mutual decision to prevent or avoid something undesirable.
Example: "The committee members agreed to avert any potential conflicts by establishing clear communication guidelines."
Alternatives: "decided to prevent" or "resolved to avoid".
But it also prompted wrenching questions about whether Congress can be trusted to do its job: the committee, after all, was supposed to do the hard work that lawmakers had put off in August when they eventually agreed to avert default by raising the nation's debt limit, waiting so long to do so that Standard & Poor's lowered the United States's credit rating.
Argyle's players threatened to to strike earlier this month after not being paid, and the wage deferral agreed to avert the strike ends on Thursday.
Lawmakers behind the plan argued that they had hammered out a set of conditions that, if agreed to, could avert that risk and protect the city and its ratepayers.
Earlier the two countries agreed to peace talks to avert a possible all-out war.See article: Pakistan's withdrawal symptomsTaking his timeAfter talks with Bill Clinton, Israel's prime minister, Ehud Barak, announced a 15-month time-frame, coinciding with America's electoral span, to decide whether there could be a breakthrough on a final settlement with Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians.
The American International Group, the insurer that agreed to a government takeover to avert collapse, reached a deal to sell its 50percentt stake in London City Airport to its partners in the venture.
Syria agreed to abandon its arsenal to avert possible US military action after a sarin nerve gas attack in August.
Syria agreed to abandon its arsenal to avert possible US military action in response to a sarin nerve gas attack on the outskirts of Damascus in August.
To avert it, Tsipras agreed to a nearly $100-billion 100-billionailing austerity cuts and tax hikes of the kind he vowed to reject when he won power in an election in January.
To avert a showdown, the leadership agreed to look at procedural changes, and the proposal to cut the number of Senate confirmations was one result.
To avert potential conflicts, Ms. White agreed to recuse herself for one year from most matters involving former clients and issues that touched the legal practice of her husband, John W. White, a corporate lawyer.
They agreed to probation and community service but averted prison.
