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Meanings of swerve in inglés

catalán
viratge

The act of turning aside suddenly.

viratge
portugués
virar

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.

virar

An erratic deflection from an intended course.

Usage of swerve in inglés
1
You and Rex Power Systems, you forced my car into a swerve!
Immortality Inc.
2
He managed to swerve out of the lorry's path just in time.
BBC
3
The impediment made the car swerve and it ran into a lamp-post.
The Secret Passage
4
He came right at me and didn't attempt to slow or swerve.
In a gilded cage
5
But thanks to the Stanford experience there is still scope to swerve.
The Guardian
6
The mistake was trying to swerve back onto the road at forty.
Revival
7
Suddenly she felt the taxi swerve left to pass a slow-moving car.
Gravity
8
I jerked awake as I felt the bus swerve out of control.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
9
He jerked at the reins, causing the horses to start and swerve.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
10
The thing that Rubin's book does is swerve past the ooooh shiny-new!
Wired
11
A burst of shots from the canal again forced them to swerve.
Bloom of Cactus
12
Peter tried to swerve, lost control, and landed hard on his butt.
The Child Thief
13
Seek not to deceive me, nor swerve from the paths of truth.
Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great L...
14
He could walk or run any length of pipe and never swerve.
A Dweller in Mesopotamia / Being the Adventures of an Official A...
15
He didn't attempt to rein in the horses or to swerve away.
In a gilded cage
16
She loved one and all with a fidelity that did not swerve.
The Voice of the People
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Translations for swerve
catalán
viratge
Swerve through the time
Swerve across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common