veer

verbs

turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer
is derived from
veering
shift to a clockwise direction
"the wind veered"
veer
antonym
back
is a type of (narrower)
make a shift in or exchange of
"First Joe led; then we switched"
change over, shift, switch