📖 Definitions of "Head off"
verb
- 1
To begin moving away.
"We will head off on our holidays tomorrow."
- 2
To intercept.
"The cavalry will head off the bandits at the pass."
- 3
To avoid the undesirable consequences of; prevent.
"The government took steps to head off summertime shortages of gasoline."
- 4
To turn away from the wind.
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