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Synonyms for swerve

veer

Synonyms

change of direction

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for swerve

to turn aside sharply from a straight course

to turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct

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Synonyms for swerve

the act of turning aside suddenly

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an erratic deflection from an intended course

Synonyms

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turn sharply

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"At one point an ambulance had to practically swerve off the road as he passed it.
The World Cup is the biggest market place in football and adidas are cleverly keeping their ball in the news every day as the cash registers ker-ching at pounds 79.95 a pop (pounds 14.95 for a replica) Even TV commentators are taken in, knowledgeably telling us about how much movement there was on a shot when a replay shows either no deviation at all or the sort of swerve that would have been no more than a back pass for the likes of Didi, Dirceu, Rivelino and Eder.
Two white lines marking the route along a pavement in King's Hedges Road, Cambridge, suddenly swerve. A spokesman for Cambridgeshire County Council said the lines were to guide cyclists away from a signpost.
'It was the swerve, there was so much movement on the ball.
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Only the quick-thinking reactions of his colleague, who hurled his extendable police baton at the windscreen causing the driver to swerve, saved the officer.
Bolger put the winner's dramatic swerve down to a hurdle lying on the ground on the inside of the rail at the furlong marker.
CARS swerve desperately to avoid a speeding 4x4 towing a caravan the wrong way down a motorway - moments before a horrific head-on smash that killed three.
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Colonel Jamal Al Banna, Acting Director of Dubai Traffic Police, said that bus drivers and young Emirati motorists are the two groups that tend to swerve suddenly or frequently change lanes and caused many casualties last year.