swerveverb [ I ]
uk/swɜːv/us/swɝːv/to change direction, especially suddenly:
The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting a cyclist.
If you do not swerve from a principle or certain actions, you continue to think or act as you did in the beginning:
She is one of those rare politicians whom one can trust not to swerve from policy and principle.
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Changing direction
- about-turn
- bear
- branch off
- branch off sth
- decoy
- deflect
- deflection
- diversion
- divert
- glance
- glance off (sth)
- head
- head sb/sth off
- oscillate
- peaked
- sheer
- turn
- U-turn
- veer
- yo-yo
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noun [ C ] ukus