to career
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8.1
- verb
- /kəˈrɪr/
:
desbocarse
- He careered off the path, narrowly missing a tree.
- go careering
- careering out of control
Examples
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He careered off the road.
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Then the ascent of Mount Abu was not for the faint-hearted: hairpin bends, sheer drops on either side, lorries and coaches careering past us all made us wonder what on earth we had let ourselves in for.
Blog text (19) -
If every pilot were to go careering around France!
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It careers down a side street.
Fiction book (2001) -
Appearing suddenly at the far end comes the Dog-Beast, careering towards her down the corridor.
Fiction book (1996) -
As you will see (to use one of my choice phrases of late), we just went careering off a cliff.
Blog text (3) -
He swerved the wheel from side to side, causing the car, at high speed, to career across the road, and eventually it hit a curb and turned over several times.
Blog text (30) -
They careered through the spring night in silence, bumping against each other as the cab jolted and jarred around corners, righted itself again, and charged on.
Fiction book (1990) -
Seefeld was a motorcycle dispatch rider—a hair-raising job—and he often found himself careering down desert highways with shells exploding all around him.
Fiction book (1996) -
The car careered down the hill, losing control as it went.
Synonyms
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6.8
To move suddenly and violently to try to throw someone off
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2.7
To move quickly in one direction
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6.8
To move very fast and out of control toward something, often causing harm
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
To move suddenly and fast in one direction
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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3.8
A person who spends most of their life working in government as their main job
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Career (as in 'careered') also comes from that old idea of a 'road' or 'racecourse' and the image of something moving fast along it, like a vehicle out of control, so a thing that careers moves quickly and often uncontrollably in a direction.