The phrase "avoid getting entangled in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the importance of steering clear of complicated or problematic situations.
Example: "To maintain a peaceful work environment, it's essential to avoid getting entangled in office politics."
Alternatives: "steer clear of" or "stay out of".
The administration could hardly avoid getting entangled in the president's ouster.
In the midst of an election campaign, the Obama administration will try to avoid getting entangled in a new Middle East war.
As much as he wants to avoid getting entangled in what he regards as another quagmire, he finds himself confronted by a conflict that is spilling over into the region and testing American resolve.
And while it's certainly a plus that most of the nation's big defense and IT contractors are headquartered in the region, the ethic in that sector has always been to fly below the political radar and avoid getting entangled in region controversies.
"Scientists by our nature try to avoid getting entangled in partisan politics, but in this case … I didn't come to politics, politics came to me," Mann told ScienceInsider today from his home in Pennsylvania, where he was working after a late night of watching election returns and celebrating McAuliffe's narrow victory.
The concept of alliances has been anathema to Beijing since 1982, when China adopted a non-alignment policy to avoid getting entangled in the Cold War.
Joe avoids getting entangled in small-town politics.
Guard your heart: be careful to whom and what you give your affections ; this is an important principle also to avoid getting entangled again, overcome by those things again, or else the end could be worse than the beginning.
We ducked and dived to avoid hitting low branches and getting entangled in thick tresses of Spanish moss - here known as English beard - which hung from every tree.
That may well be true, and Mr. Verrilli should have admitted it rather than getting entangled in unconvincing semantics.
