head off
head
hɛd
hed
off
ɔf
awf
/hˈɛd ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "head off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to head off
[phrase form: head]
01

āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻ“āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to begin a journey or depart from a place
Intransitive: to head off | to head off somewhere
to head off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to head off on their road trip as soon as the sun rose.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰ⧋āĻĄ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

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
to head off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She hurriedly headed her little brother off to prevent him from running into the street.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ­āĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to take action to prevent or resolve a problem before it occurs
Transitive: to head off a problem
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We should head the safety concerns off by implementing stricter regulations.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ