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overswerve

overswerve verb: to swerve excessively, especially to avoid hitting something.

Verb

overswerve (third-person singular simple present overswerves, present participle overswerving, simple past and past participle overswerved)

  1. To swerve excessively, especially to avoid hitting something.
    • Don't overswerve to avoid hitting a deer. If a collision with the animal seems inevitable, then hit it while maintaining full control of your car.2012 September 10, “Deer Collision - What Next”, in The Suburban Bushwacker

Forms of overswerve

third-person singular presentoverswerves
present participleoverswerving
past participleoverswerved
pastoverswerved

Origin of overswerve

From over- + swerve.

Questions about overswerve

What does overswerve mean?
Overswerve means to swerve excessively, especially to avoid hitting something.
What part of speech is overswerve?
Overswerve is a verb.
What is the past tense of overswerve?
The past tense of overswerve is overswerved.

Words near overswerve in the dictionary

  1. overswell
  2. overswelled
  3. overswelling
  4. overswells
  5. overswept
  6. overswerve
  7. overswerved
  8. overswerves
  9. overswerving
  10. overswift
  11. overswiftly

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