verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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At the last moment, it veered away and came to halt by a vent.
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Brush slapped the bottom of the cab A chain-link fence veered toward me, brilliant in the headlights, and veered away .
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The stallion veered away and kicked out in an enormous arc.
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She veered away and, with no alternative site in view crashed into the swamp abutting the landing field.
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It would weave towards us then veer away crazily.
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I backed off, or veered away .
off
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If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow.
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The advancing ship suddenly veered off collision course.
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He was unaware of the other aircraft until both began to veer off the side of the runway.
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It has been criticized by analysts for veering off that course and acquiring too many other businesses too quickly.
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He walked, his pace swift, down the twisting path, then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins.
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Five miles later, I veer off at the Stinson Beach / Highway 1 exit.
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I veered off to the curb and put my head back on the seat, like a collapse.
■ NOUN
course
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There was a story about an oil tanker that had veered off course and steamed right through Heaven Sound.
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The advancing ship suddenly veered off collision course .
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It has been criticized by analysts for veering off that course and acquiring too many other businesses too quickly.
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But things have sort of veered off course .
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The plane veered off course in a severe thunderstorm and crashed into a hillside.
direction
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If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow.
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That is, they should veer in that direction .
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She was about to veer in a different direction when she felt an arm like steel round her waist.
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If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated.
■ VERB
appear
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They appear to be veering out to cross the road towards the scene of the second blast.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The boat was heading for the rocks but at the last minute veered off in another direction.
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The car suddenly veered across the road into oncoming traffic.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Have you repeated a point, omitted information, or veered from your original list?
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He walked, his pace swift, down the twisting path, then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins.
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Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.
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People come right through a closed ramp, skidding and veering around me.
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She was about to veer in a different direction when she felt an arm like steel round her waist.
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Soon enough, however, Pelevin veers off into his trademark philosophical phantasmagoria.
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When cars came he veered to the shoulder.