veer
Other forms: veered; veering; veers
To veer is to make a sudden turn, like when a driver veers off the pavement or a pleasant conversation veers off in a troubling direction.
When you make any quick change of direction you veer. You can veer toward an attractive person at a party, leaving your friends mid-sentence. You veer away from an oncoming truck on the highway to avoid getting crushed. Originally, veer described a change in the direction of the wind, but as you can see, today, anyone or anything that changes direction veers.
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turn sharply; change direction abruptly
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shift to a clockwise direction“the wind veered”antonyms:backshift to a counterclockwise directiontype of:
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