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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid retreating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is advising against giving up or backing down from a situation.
Example: "In challenging negotiations, it's important to avoid retreating and to stand firm on your principles."
Alternatives: "steer clear of backing down" or "refrain from withdrawing.".
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6. Avoid retreating to family on tough days.
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They are often ignored, disparaged, or even encouraged by existing players for whom the business model is unprofitable or otherwise unattractive and who therefore avoid or retreat from the market segment.
It was an unpleasantness that could be avoided by retreating inside the gilded spaces of the buildings that bore his name – a service that remained on offer long after he died, rich, bewildered and back in his native Switzerland, a few weeks before the 1918 armistice was signed.
Cimon, sailing from Phaselis, made to attack the Persians before the reinforcements arrived, whereupon the Persian fleet, eager to avoid fighting, retreated into the river itself.
When drug B is used in mass prophylaxis, a subcurative level can be avoided by retreating the animals at appropriate intervals, so that the level always remains above a sublethal one (see Figure 16).
He then made a successful landing of troops at Pell's Point in Westchester County Washingtonn managed to avoid being flanked, retreating to White Plains.
Davis stopped watching the local news to avoid the ads, retreating to the reliably Blankenship-free zones of hunting shows and Netflix.
The feminist movement deserves explicit mention and credit to avoid its retreat under a backlash, or under a false sense of security that its work is complete.
Under Florida's so-called "Stand Your Ground" law, people who use deadly force to defend themselves from serious injury - rather than retreating to avoid confrontation - can be immune from prosecution.
Over-the-counter sprays are one way that people avoid a forced retreat to the indoors.
It starts off with something we would all like to avoid: a corporate retreat aimed at fostering team spirit.
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