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head off

Definitions

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  • verb intransitive To begin moving away.
  • verb transitive To intercept.
  • verb transitive To avoid some usually negative consequence.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Etymologies

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From head + off.

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synonyms (31)

Words with the same meaning

  1. avert
  2. bear off
  3. cut off
  4. draw aside
  5. ease off
  6. edge off
  7. fly off
  8. gee
  9. glance
  10. glance off
  11. go off
  12. haw
  13. jib
  14. make way for
  15. move aside
  16. sheer off
  17. shove aside
  18. shunt
  19. shy
  20. shy off
  21. side
  22. sidestep
  23. sidetrack
  24. sidle
  25. steer clear of
  26. step aside
  27. switch
  28. turn aside
  29. turn away
  30. turn back
  31. veer off

hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. forbid
  2. foreclose
  3. forestall
  4. preclude
  5. prevent

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