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swerve: the act of turning aside suddenly; turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

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ell collapse: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

digress collapse: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

zag collapse

bottom out collapse: hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"; reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"

turn the corner collapse

beg the question collapse

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

bight collapse: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends); a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"; a bend or curve (especially in a coastline); a loop in a rope; fasten with a bight

furcate collapse

draw back collapse

bifurcation collapse: the act of splitting into two branches; the place where something divides into two branches; a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

quoin collapse: the keystone of an arch; expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase

depart from collapse

about ship collapse

change course collapse

hairpin collapse: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place

turn into collapse

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

nook collapse: a sheltered and secluded place

dogleg collapse: a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway; angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

blench collapse

sheer off collapse

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

swerving collapse

mutate collapse: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

discursion collapse

put about collapse

divagate collapse

avoid collapse: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

come around collapse: happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

ward off collapse: avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

pussyfoot collapse

deflection collapse: the property of being bent or deflected; the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent; a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

equivocate collapse

cringe collapse

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