veer round
Frequency: 5.22.5 per million words
to change direction to face the opposite way
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Examples (10)
- The car suddenly veered round the bend, almost hitting the barrier.
- As the wind intensified, the sailboat had to veer round to maintain its course.
- He managed to veer round the obstacle at the last moment.
- The conversation began to veer round to more personal matters.
- After the initial shock, his opinion started to veer round and become more understanding.
- The aircraft had to veer round sharply to avoid the approaching storm clouds.
- Don't let the argument veer round into a personal attack.
- We watched as the whole flock of birds veered round in perfect synchronicity.
- She quickly veered round the trolley to block the aisle.
- If the current is too strong, the raft will simply veer round and head downstream.