The phrase "avoid a showdown with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing strategies to prevent a confrontation or conflict with someone or something.
Example: "In order to maintain peace in the negotiations, the team decided to avoid a showdown with the opposing party."
Alternatives: "steer clear of a confrontation with" or "prevent a clash with".
Leading reform politicians are responding to the latest clerical offensive cautiously, eager to avoid a showdown with the powerful religious establishment.
According to residents in the town, one of Somalia's biggest, most of the Shabab fighters had been fleeing reluctantly, choosing to avoid a showdown with the much better-equipped Kenyan military.
Those are precisely the choices that Mr. Arafat has deliberately avoided making for years, explaining away his failures by his desire to maintain Palestinian unity and avoid a showdown with groups like Hamas that reject any negotiated peace with Israel.
Keeping the hall's exterior will also avoid a showdown with the Fisher family, which has threatened legal action if the name of the hall is changed to accommodate a new donor.
Warner Bros, which originally slated Batman v Superman for May 2016, recently announced the film will instead open in March of that year to avoid a showdown with another superhero.
Less clear was whether even a narrow focus on spending would allow Republicans to avoid a showdown with President Trump, whose top aides have in recent days that any spending bill must include funding for a border wall.
If the state Supreme Court had shown more caution, it might have avoided a showdown with the executive and legislative branches in Florida that judges may well lose.
Last year, Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, avoided a showdown with a Canadian mutual fund operator at its annual meeting by agreeing to study the relationship between its management and its directors.
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are preparing a stopgap spending measure that would eliminate a 26-year-old ban on coastal oil drilling, avoiding a showdown with Republicans over domestic energy production that could have shut down the government.
Under investigation for sexual harassment allegations, state Sen. Tony Mendoza avoided a showdown with Democratic leaders Thursday by agreeing to abide by an extension of his leave of absence for up to 60 days — even though he complained the Senate Rules Committee acted prematurely.
Yahoo was able to avoid a showdown today with activist investor Carl Icahn by agreeing to open up three board seats.
