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Collocations for veer - verb

ADVERB

sharply, wildly
The missile veered wildly off course.
(to the) left, (to the) right
off course
around, away, off, round (esp. BrE)
The plane veered away to the left.

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PREPOSITION

between (figurative)
He veered between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.
from (figurative)
The play veers from loopy comedy to serious moralizing.
off
The car veered off the road.
to
The path veers sharply to the right.
towards/toward
He veered left towards/toward them.

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PHRASES

veer close to sth (figurative)
His poetry veered dangerously close to sentimentalism.

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