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v. To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight course.

n. The act of swerving.

v. To stray; to wander; to rope.

v. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

v. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

v. To bend; to incline.

v. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

v. To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.

v. of a projectile, to travel in a curved line

verb-intransitive. To stray; to wander; to rope.

verb-intransitive. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

verb-intransitive. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

verb-intransitive. To bend; to incline.

verb-intransitive. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

v. To turn aside.

To turn aside suddenly or quickly; turn suddenly aside from the direct course or aim: used of both physical and moral action.

To wander; rove; stray; roam; ramble.

To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

To turn aside; cause to change in course.

n. A turning aside.

n. an erratic deflection from an intended course

v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

n. the act of turning aside suddenly

"All kinds of atrocious policies -- from Lyndon Johnson's war on Vietnam to Jimmy Carter's midterm swerve rightward to Bill Clinton's neoliberal measures such as NAFTA, "welfare reform" and Wall Street deregulation -- were calamities facilitated by acquiescence or mild dissent from many left-leaning Democrats."

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