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Phrase(s): swerve (away) (from someone or something)
to turn sharply away from someone or something. • The car swerved away from Carla just in time. • It swerved away just in time.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun ADJ. sudden The car made a sudden swerve to the left. VERB + SWERVE make, verb ADV. sharply, violently | suddenly | away PREP. across The car veered out of control and swerved across the road. | into A lorry suddenly swerved into her path. | off The vehicle swerved off the road. PHRASES swerve to avoid sb/sth The car swerved sharply to avoid the bus.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary