avert (something) (away) from

To distract or divert something from someone or something else. I will do my best to avert all attention away from you at the party, don't worry. I knew I wasn't meant to be a doctor when I had to avert my eyes from every blood draw.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Reina (2)	-	Yiddish
AndrÉS	ahn-DRES (Spanish)	Spanish, Icelandic
Adolf	AH-dawlf (German), AH:-dawlf (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Prem	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Jazmin	JAZ-min	English (Modern)
Bess	[bes]