askew
Try askew.
hears, ear
Starting
It could be drive or pitch.Alternatively it could be an informal verb for to anger or to start.
sense, fence, tense… off the top of my head
A synonym for the word "oblige" is compel. An antonym for the word "oblige" is let off. Please see the related link below.
The simplest 4-letter synonym for veer is turn. You might also skew, "bear" or "tack", and another word would be "bend". The synonyms for swerve also include "skid".
caught a wink, snoozed, slumbered, nodded off, hibernated, turned in, dozed off, crashed
swordwords - take a letter off > word
The synonyms are run away, escape, break out, make off, flee
I dunno type on google "9 letter word that is still a word after taking off each letter one by one from the start to the end of the word