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Another word for steer

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Verb

  1. To direct the course of carefully

    Idioms:
    See also:

    move

    control

  2. To show the way to

    See also:

    show

  3. To control the course of (an activity)

    See also:

    over

Noun

  1. An item of advance or inside information given as a guide to action

    See also:

    knowledge

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Another word for steer

Noun
  1. See also:

    ox

    cow

Verb
  1. See also:

    drive

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Sentence Examples

  • He'd watched Sean subtly steer people away from it.

  • He had not the genius to find a way out of the French entanglement or the skill to steer a constitutional monarchy between rival factions.

  • On the 1st of June he was joined by a frigate and two line-of-battle ships sent with orders from Rochefort, and was told to remain in the West Indies till the 5th of July, and if not joined by Ganteaume to steer for Ferrol, pick up the French and Spanish ships in the port, and come on to the Channel.

  • If this were an attempt to steer a middle course his true actions could not have been kept secret long, and as it is implied that the Philistines subsequently acquiesced in David's sovereignty in Hebron, it is not easy to see what interest they had in embroiling him with the men of Judah.

  • "Steer clear of all culture" was his advice to a young disciple.

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