It was enough for him to be near her, and avoid committing himself as much as he could.

Telling the president lets Clinton avoid committing a new crime.

- but he avoids committing himself to any political position.

He had a habit of pausing in between, to avoid committing himself.

This was to have been the plan to avoid committing the extreme plan.

The Dutch were convinced they could avoid committing their forces to any further wars.

Feeling that he is too good for her, April avoids committing to a meeting.

Addicts who are in prison or on probation need treatment, he said, to avoid committing new crimes.

It's the way the parties avoid committing themselves to individual parts of the agreement.

Fernández avoided committing herself to running for a second term during the early months of 2011.