swerve

swerve from the path of duty

depart from custom.See Synonyms at swerve

swerved off into a ditch.

The car swerved to avoid the dog.

we swerved toward the edge of the precipice.

Nothing will swerve him from his aims.

a car swerved to avoid a bus and plunged into a ravine.

The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese.

do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles.

eyes that never once swerved from her face;

An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life.  A swirl of water and a ‘cloop!’