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swerve
 
VERB:1. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct: depart, deviate, digress, diverge, stray, veer. Archaic : err. See APPROACH, CORRECT. 2. To turn aside sharply from a straight course: chop2, cut, sheer1, skew, slue1, veer. Nautical : yaw. See CHANGE.
 
 
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