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head louse |
head nurse |
head of hair |
head of household |
head of state |
head off
| head over heels
| head over heels in
| head register
| head restraint
| head rhyme
head off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb head off has 1 sense
- head off(v = verb.social) avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, obviate, stave off, ward off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" is one way to forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
head off
avert, bear off, draw aside, ease off, edge off, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go off, haw, jib, make way for, move aside, sheer off, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, steer clear of, step aside, switch, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off
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