| 单词 | head off |
| 释义 | Example sentences from the Web for head off
head offSEE SYNONYMS FOR head off ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to intercept and force to change directionto head off the stampede to prevent or forestall (something that is likely to happen) to depart or set outto head off to school Words nearby head offheadmistress, headmistressy, head money, headmost, headnote, head off, head of state, head of the river, head-on, head or tail, head out Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with head offhead off Block the progress or completion of; also, intercept. For example, They worked round the clock to head off the flu epidemic, or Try to head him off before he gets home. [First half of 1800s] This expression gave rise to head someone off at the pass, which in Western films meant “to block someone at a mountain pass.” It then became a general colloquialism for intercepting someone, as in Jim is going to the boss's office—let's head him off at the pass. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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