The phrase "avoid details" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when instructing someone to refrain from providing specific information or elaboration on a topic.
Example: "In your summary, please avoid details and focus on the main points."
Alternatives: "omit specifics" or "skip the particulars".
She took pains to avoid details that would date the renovation, which was completed in 2002.
"I would listen to the military commanders and I would create a strategy," he said, a phrase that politicians revert to whenever they want to avoid details.
His plan was to avoid details and simply say that the itch was a livable condition but not likely to be alleviated anytime soon.
In the nation's capital for a sold-out promotional event sponsored by The Washington Post, Mr. Schwarzenegger even had some debate advice for the presidential candidates: avoid details.
Seeking to reassure American allies and to avoid details about a policy that has yet to be fleshed out, President Bush and his top aides have avoided direct references to potential military action.
The document said analysts should keep descriptions of why the people they are targeting merit wiretapping to "one short sentence" and avoid details like their names and supporting information.
A nonlinear mechanism for error correction is also provided in order to avoid detail blur.
Fink says that US news organizations contributed to the problem by failing to follow World Health Organization guidelines that suggest reporters avoid detailing the suicide methods of celebrities.
Reports tended to avoid detailing his criticism of President Vladimir Putin's rule, and gave little or no air time to critical comments from public figures.
In that article, she said that Senate hearings are a "vapid and hollow charade" where nominees are permitted to "stonewall" and avoid detailing their actual views.
The Smarts, too, avoided details.
