veer

veer
verb
ADVERB
sharply, wildly

The missile veered wildly off course.

(to the) left, (to the) right
off course
around, away, off, round (esp. BrE)

The plane veered away to the left.

PREPOSITION
between (figurative)

He veered between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.

from (figurative)

The play veers from loopy comedy to serious moralizing.

off

The car veered off the road.

to

The path veers sharply to the right.

towards/toward

He veered left towards/toward them.

PHRASES
veer close to sth (figurative)

His poetry veered dangerously close to sentimentalism.


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