The phrase "avoid proceeding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to refrain from moving forward with a particular action or decision.
Example: "In light of the new information, we should avoid proceeding with the project until further analysis is completed."
Alternatives: "refrain from continuing" or "stop moving forward".
"It would have been uncomfortable to continue requesting a letter, given we all knew that had we got our hands on the letter, we wouldn't have been able to avoid proceeding to a leadership election".
He said he hoped the cuts would allow him to avoid proceeding with a plan to raise the national sales tax to 23 percent in October from 21 percent, a move that could hurt consumer spending and slow a return to growth.
The social network will warn you thus before letting you leave its platform: "By proceeding you will be taken to [URL]." If the web address looks like spam or doesn't contain a domain you recognize, avoid proceeding with the request.
Meanwhile, victims of domestic violence will often avoid proceeding with a criminal case because of intimidation by the accused, because of fear of the accused, or because they are simply afraid of losing the financial support on which they and their children depend.
In the rare circumstance that static cannot be avoided, proceed slowly to give the charge time to disperse or conduct the procedure in an inert atmosphere.
Though this danger was consciously avoided and, proceeding from a Logos Christology, the complete sameness of essence of the three manifestations of God was emphasized, there arose the danger of a relapse into a triplicity of equally ranked gods, which would displace the idea of the oneness of God.
Currently, many consultants and franchise attorneys urge prospective franchisees to avoid or proceed with caution when dealing with franchisors who fail to provide a FPR.
Any uncertainty must be avoided before proceeding with the approval of a substance that is so broadly used.
To mention the most recent ones that involve military men in Vicenza, in August 2013, the Italian State avoided to proceed against three American soldiers, that had run over and injured a group of pedestrians in the city centre.
Hill, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 that now-Justice Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her, said senators should avoid a "sham" proceeding.
Although the VB-13 project had not reached the testing stage by the end of World War II, it avoided being cancelled, proceeding as a low-priority project.
