veer /vɪə $ vɪr/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: virer ]
1 . to change direction
veer off
A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway.
The plane veered off course.
Follow the path and veer left after 400m.
The wind was veering north.
2 . if opinions, ideas, attitudes etc veer in a particular direction, they gradually change and become quite different:
This latest proposal appears to veer in the direction of Democratic ideals.
The conversation veered back to politics.