glance off (sth)
— phrasal verb with glance uk/ɡlɑːns/us/ɡlæns/verb
to hit or touch something quickly and lightly at an angle and move away in another direction:
The bullets glanced off the car.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing direction
- about-turn
- bear
- branch off
- branch off sth
- decoy
- deflect
- deflection
- diversion
- divert
- glance
- head
- head sb/sth off
- oscillate
- peaked
- sheer
- slew 1
- turn
- U-turn
- veer
- yo-yo
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