turn aside (?.)
- alter
- ameliorate
- anticipate
- avert
- avoid
- bar
- be changed
- be converted into
- be renewed
- bear off
- beat off
- bend
- blench
- blink
- block
- blunt
- bottom out
- branch off
- break
- change
- change the bearing
- check
- checker
- chill
- chop
- chop and change
- come about
- come around
- come round
- cool
- counter
- cringe
- curve
- damp
- dampen
- debar
- deflect
- degenerate
- depart
- depart from
- deter
- deteriorate
- detour
- deviate
- digress
- disaffect
- discourage
- dishearten
- disincline
- disinterest
- distract
- divagate
- divaricate
- diverge
- diversify
- divert
- dodge
- draw aside
- draw back
- drive back
- duck
- ease off
- edge off
- estop
- evade
- exclude
- excurse
- fade
- fall back
- fend
- fend off
- flinch
- flop
- fly off
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- gee
- get sidetracked
- glance
- glance off
- go astray
- go off
- hang back
- haul around
- haw
- head off
- heel
- help
- hinder
- hold at bay
- hold off
- improve
- indispose
- jib
- jibe
- keep at bay
- keep from
- keep off
- make way for
- maunder
- meliorate
- mitigate
- modulate
- move aside
- mutate
- obstruct
- obviate
- parry
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- pull back
- push back
- put back
- put off
- quail
- quench
- ramble
- rebuff
- recoil
- reel back
- repel
- repulse
- retreat
- revive
- rule out
- save
- sheer
- sheer off
- shift
- shove aside
- shrink
- shrink back
- shunt
- shy
- shy off
- side
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- sidle
- start aside
- start back
- stave off
- steer clear of
- step aside
- stop
- stray
- swerve
- switch
- tack
- take a turn
- trend
- turn
- turn away
- turn back
- turn from
- turn into
- turn off
- turn the corner
- undergo a change
- vary
- veer
- veer off
- wander
- ward off
- warp
- wean from
- weasel
- weasel out
- wince
- worsen