Avert
Avert verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
House
House verb - To provide with living quarters or shelter.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Will Navidson and his significant other Karen move into the house because they are trying to avert this trope, but the strange happenings in House of Leaves don't allow for that sort of healing.
Source: A House Divided - Interestingly, the man who dethroned them wanted to avert this trope; he put Power Nullifiers on all of them and placed them in house arrest.
Source: Ruling Family Massacre -
Ironically, the Auroran house that most fulfills the Proud Warrior Race Guy trope, House Heraan, is also the house that is most likely to avert this trope.
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