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virer

/vi.ʁe/ verb B1
  1. to bear, veer (change direction slightly) (intransitive) · Virer à gauche. Bear left.
  2. to turn into, become (intransitive) · La situation va virer au drame. The situation is going to turn into a drama.
  3. to transfer (money, from one account to another) (transitive)
  4. to get rid of, fire, shitcan (colloquial, transitive) · Tu pourrais te faire virer pour ça. You could get yourself fired for that.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
virer
Present participle
virant
Past participle
viré
Present (je)
vire
Future (je)
virerai
Passé composé (je)
ai viré

From the library

Il se souleva alors sur les flots, agitant son bonnet en signe de détresse ; mais personne ne le vit sur le bâtiment, qui vira le bord et recommença une nouvelle bordée.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 233 · C1
Alors il s'avança à sa rencontre ; mais avant qu'ils se fussent joints, le bâtiment commença à virer de bord.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 234 · C1

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