swerve into
swerve into (from someone or something)
1. To collide with someone or something after turning or veering quickly, sharply, or abruptly to one side. I turned the corner and swerved into the principal, knocking her briefcase right out of his hands. The car lost control and swerved into a lamppost.
2. To enter into something after turning or veering quickly, sharply, or abruptly to one side. The truck swerved into my lane to avoid hitting the pedestrian on the road. I swerved into a side alley to avoid the police.
3. To become involved with or begin working in some different field, industry, area of expertise, etc., especially very suddenly or abruptly. I actually started out as a family photographer, but I swerved into doing headshots after getting into a conversation with a couple of actors at a party a couple years back. The heavy metal band started swerving into a more pop-rock sound in the early 2000s.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
See also: swerve
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- swerve into (from someone or something)
- run into (someone, something, or some place)
- veer toward
- veer toward (someone or something)
- within an inch of
- within an inch of (someone or something)
- within an inch of something/of doing something
- thud into
- thud into (someone or something)
- thud against