All 4 Uses of
avert
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- He does not say so, but I can read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes.†
Chpt 8 *
- Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream, and it was only by paying over all the money which I could gather together that I was able to avert another public exposure.†
Chpt 8
- He might avert it all if he would but tell me what he had done with the three missing stones.†
Chpt 11
- It was a delicate part which I had to play then, for I saw that a prosecution must be avoided to avert scandal, and I knew that so astute a villain would see that our hands were tied in the matter.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(avert as in: avert her eyes) turn away or aside -- often to turn your eyes away from something