The phrase "avoid trouble with" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing strategies or actions taken to prevent conflicts or issues with someone or something.
Example: "To maintain a good relationship with your neighbors, it's best to avoid trouble with them by being considerate and respectful."
Alternatives: "steer clear of issues with" or "prevent conflicts with".
They help you avoid trouble with the tax man.
Under Mr Greenberg, McDonald's did not even have a system for monitoring standards, so as to avoid trouble with franchisees.
Mr Mittal intends to sell Dofasco to ThyssenKrupp, a German steelmaker, to avoid trouble with antitrust authorities and because Mittal is already a big force in North America.
China's many internet companies are regularly issued with lists of restricted keywords, and often censor blog posts and other content pre-emptively to avoid trouble with the authorities.
The rules are so complex there are books about how to own a gun in the state and avoid trouble with the law.
Mexico, a musician and poet who was a student in Beijing and subsequently managed a night club, has assumed a pseudonym to avoid trouble with the Chinese authorities.
Field also told Binstock to start separating her business and personal expenses onto different credit cards to avoid troubles with the Internal Revenue Service in case of an audit.
It is possible, however, that the nature of the problem has an external explanation: it is likely that some editors prefer to "avoid troubles" with the authors and vice versa, thus resorting to the most conventional procedures.
He avoided trouble with fine defense and one Reds base-running blunder.
Many junior researchers who find themselves at odds with their advisers could have avoided trouble with a little preliminary research.
Of those who received treatment, almost all have avoided trouble with the law: as a means of preventing crime, FTAC is unusually successful.
