| 单词 | to head off at the pass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto head (also cut) off at the pass b. to head (also cut) off at the pass: to prevent from travelling through a pass. Frequently figurative: to forestall, to put a stop to. ΚΠ 1939 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Apr. 14/3 The director asked: ‘Aren't you going to study your lines?’ ‘I know what it says,’ replied Bickford. ‘I'll turn to the gang and say, “We'll head 'em off at Eagle Pass”.’ 1945 N.Y. Times 25 May 22/4 In a climacteric flourish of action filled with the spirit of ‘head 'em off at Eagle Pass’, Chen Ta and warriors charge down from their mountain hide-away to rescue the village. 1961 Washington Post 7 Mar. b5/2 ‘The New Frontier's A Bum Steer’ began the message, which urged voters to ‘Join the GOP Posse and Head 'Em Off at the Pass in '62.’ 1972 Amer. Econ. Rev. 62 528 These villains can be prevented from causing inflation, cut off at the pass, through the use of ‘emergency expedients’. 1994 Proscenium Fall 16 The arts community was..reeling from the pre-empted merger of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canada Council, cut off at the pass by the Senate. 2000 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) (Nexis) 23 Jan. Like a movie cowboy headin' them off at the pass, guide Bill Erwin..bounced ahead of the animals in a flatbed truck to set up an ambush on a ridgetop. < as lemmas |
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