Backing down so quickly may help avoid that fate.
Understanding what went wrong may help avoid such disasters in the future.
That may help avoid a collapse but won't provide much long-term reassurance.
Honing them may help avoid the mutually-assured destruction associated with exercising a nuclear option.
With luck, that may help avoid the kind of disruptions that have taken the system down in the past.
Working jointly will also help you identify areas where you disagree, which may help avoid arguments later.
Sometimes the practitioner can see that a very large head may cause a rectal or urethral tear, and a cut may help avoid that potential damage.
Dreyfus said it was "clear this government hates transparency", citing its use of insecure messaging applications which may help avoid freedom of information disclosures, and Brandis's refusal to provide his diary.
That suggests, he said, that home testing may help avoid so-called white-coat hypertension, a rise in pressure in the doctor's office in people who usually have normal pressure.
While a deal may help avoid credit card cancellation or bankruptcy, it will also lead to a sharp drop in the borrower's credit score for as long as seven years, making it far more difficult and expensive to obtain new loans.
And homework may help avoid following in the footsteps of one famous TV executive who turned up triumphantly in full wedding regalia only to be informed that she shouldn't waste time pitching a wedding idea - the channel had commissioned a programme on that theme the day before.
