(~s, swerving, ~d)
If a vehicle or other moving thing ~s or if you ~ it, it suddenly changes direction, often in order to avoid hitting something.
Drivers coming in the opposite direction ~d to avoid the bodies...
Her car ~d off the road into a 6ft high brick wall...
Suddenly Ned ~d the truck, narrowly missing a blond teenager on a skateboard.
VERB: V, V prep/adv, V n
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Swerve is also a noun.
He swung the car to the left and that ~ saved Malone’s life.
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