| 释义 |
head (or cut) someone/thing off at the passForestall someone or something: he came up with this story at the last minute, just to cut me off at the pass...- I imagine such frivolous technological pursuits will be headed off at the pass, since the vet has staked a prior claim on my wallet.
- If you haven't headed it off at the pass with some chemicals, you lie there shaking and shivering like a Maltese poodle in the mouth of a bull terrier.
- If we get to grips with them early enough, if we could identify them and head them off at the pass, then I think the problem would be largely resolved.
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