Object

• ball: Swerve the ball into the path of a forward running team mate, curl the ball across from a corner kick.

• round: We had been told to aim into the wind, so as to swerve the round into the center of the figure 11 target.

Modifying Another Word

• then: The carriage went a way and then swerved, hanging over the current.

Object

• drive: A poor defensive header fell to the dangerous Routledge on the left and the winger cut inside before unleashing a fierce swerving drive.

Noun used with modifier

• body: The aim of the body swerve is to dummy the defender into moving the wrong way.

Adjective complement

• past: He managed to swerve past, but the guy reached out and made contact as the van skidded past.

Modifying Another Word

• suddenly: Don't swerve suddenly to avoid a poor surface.

• never: Q: If you see a West Brom Fan on a bicycle, why should you never swerve to hit him?

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: They are fast flyers, and swerve around in the air in tight groups.

Followed by a transitive particle

• around: Trying to swerve around the front could put the rider into the path of oncoming traffic.

Infinitive complement

• avoid: A member of the junior staff recently had to swerve to avoid a young child running through the car park.