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Definition of To sheer off
To sheer off Sheer Sheer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sheered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
Shear.]
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to
turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a
horse sheers at a bicycle.
To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.
To sheer up, to approach obliquely.