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veer [vɪə(r)]∎ the car veered (over) to the left la voiture a viré vers la ou à gauche;∎ the wind has veered (round) to the east le vent a tourné à l'est;∎ the deer veered away from us le cerf s'est éloigné de nous;∎ the car veered off into the ditch la voiture a quitté la route et a basculé dans le fossé;∎ the conversation veered round to the elections la conversation a dévié sur les élections;∎ the speaker kept veering off the subject l'orateur s'éloignait sans cesse du sujet;∎ her mood veers between euphoria and black depression son humeur oscille entre l'euphorie et un profond abattement ou va de l'euphorie à un profond abattement(a) (ship, car) faire virer(vehicle, person) faire demi-tour; (wind) changer de direction; figurative (person) se ranger à l'opinion contraire
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veer round — swerve around, detour around … English contemporary dictionary
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round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… … Moby Thesaurus
veer — verb ADVERB ▪ sharply, wildly ▪ The missile veered wildly off course. ▪ (to the) left, (to the) right ▪ off course ▪ … Collocations dictionary
veer — verb (I) 1 (always + adv/prep) to change direction suddenly (+ off/away/across etc): The car veered sharply to the right and crashed. 2 (always + adv/prep) to change suddenly to a very different belief, opinion, or subject (+ towards/away from… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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veer — v. n. Shift, turn, change course, change direction, change about, come round, turn about … New dictionary of synonyms
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bring round — Synonyms and related words: about ship, argue into, assure, back and fill, be convincing, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring around, bring home to, bring over, bring to reason, cant, cant… … Moby Thesaurus
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