This means avoiding electronics about an hour before bed time.
Back on Home, it usually meant avoiding annoyance or discomfort.
Not having an interest in something per se doesn't necessarily mean avoiding that thing at all costs.
In the capitalist world, it could mean avoiding the financial crisis that some experts and much of the public still fear.
Leisure needn't mean avoiding other people's children, but in our era it tends to.
But that means avoiding "him" at all costs, turning down his every overture.
I'll try anything once, especially if it means avoiding surgery.
Getting paid more meant keeping clients - which can mean avoiding having to say no.
This meant avoiding contact with friends and family, including Kitty.
On a political level, it means avoiding such circumstances as war, harsh laws and heavy taxes.