head someone off
(STOP MOVEMENT)Definition
› to block someone's movement by getting in front of the person: Police tried to head off the bank robbers at the next exit.
(Definition of head someone off (STOP MOVEMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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head n BODY PART
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head n LEADER
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head n MIND
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head n TOP
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head over heels (in love) idiom
- head someone off phrasal verb STOP MOVEMENT
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head something off phrasal verb PREVENT ACTIVITY
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head start n
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head up something phrasal verb
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head v BE AT TOP
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head v GO
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