The Only Use of
avert
in
Pygmalion
- LIZA [with averted face] And you may throw me out tomorrow if I don't do everything you want me to?†
Act 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(avert as in: avert her eyes) turn away or aside -- often to turn your eyes away from something
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(2)
(avert as in: avert a strike) prevent from happening