swerve

swerve (away) (from someone or something)

to turn sharply away from someone or something. The car swerved away from Carla just in time. It swerved away just in time.

swerve into someone or something

to turn sharply and directly into someone or something. (Usually an accident.) The car almost swerved into a pedestrian. The bus swerved into a truck.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hillevi	HIL-le-vee (Swedish), HEEL-le-vee (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
Prasenjit	-	Bengali
Anneli	AHN-ne-lee	Finnish
Xavier	ZAY-vee-ər (English), ZAY-vyər (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ər (English), za-VYE (French), sha-VYER (Portuguese)	English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
Aleksandras	-	Lithuanian
Paul	[pɔ:l]