āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
head off
/hËÉd ËÉf/
to head off
[phrase form: head]
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āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āϰāĻāύāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to begin a journey or depart from a place
Intransitive: to head off | to head off somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to head off on their road trip as soon as the sun rose.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āϰā§āϝ āĻāĻ āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϰā§āĻĄ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§ āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to block someone or something's path in order to redirect them or prevent them from proceeding in a particular direction
Transitive: to head off sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She hurriedly headed her little brother off to prevent him from running into the street.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to take action to prevent or resolve a problem before it occurs
Transitive: to head off a problem
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We should head the safety concerns off by implementing stricter regulations.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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