bend one's course
verb
Roget 278:
tend towards,
bend towards,
point towards;
conduct to,
go to;
point to,
point at;
bend,
trend,
verge,
incline,
dip,
determine.
steer for,
steer towards,
make for,
make towards;
aim at,
level at;
take aim;
keep a course,
hold a course;
be bound for;
bend one's steps towards;
direct one's course,
steer one's course,
bend one's course,
shape one's course;
align one's march,
allign one's march†;
to straight,
go straight to the point;
march on,
march on a point.
ascertain one's direction
etc.
n.;
s'orienter [Fr.],
see which way the wind blows;
box the compass;
take the air line.
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Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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