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Definition of 'head off' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"


Definition of 'head off' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) head off
to prevent sth from happening
a plan for heading off disaster

2.  head off
to leave
We'll be heading off soon.


Translation of 'head off' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make (a person, animal etc) change direction
One group of the soldiers rode across the valley to head the bandits off.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afkeer, voorkeer Arabic flag Arabic: يجعلُه يُغَيِّر إتجاهه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: насочвам (се)
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desviar Czech flag Czech: odvrátit German flag German: abdrängen
Danish flag Danish: lede i en anden retning; Greek flag Greek: αποτρέπω, εκτρέπω Spanish flag Spanish: desviar
Estonian flag Estonian: kõrvale juhtima Farsi flag Farsi: تغيير جهت دادن Finnish flag Finnish: vaihtaa suuntaa
French flag French: détourner Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַסִיט Hindi flag Hindi: किसी से दिशा बदलवाना
Croatian flag Croatian: (prestici i) skrenuti, pr Hungarian flag Hungarian: eltérít Indonesian flag Indonesian: membelokkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: faraí veg fyrir Italian flag Italian: deviare Japanese flag Japanese: さえぎる
Korean flag Korean: 진로를 돌리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: užkirsti kelią Latvian flag Latvian: aizsprostot ceļu
Malay flag Malay: memintas Dutch flag Dutch: de pas afsnijden Norwegian flag Norwegian: styre/dirigere i en annen
Polish flag Polish: zawrócić, skierować w inn Persian flag Persian: تغيير جهت دادن Pashto flag Pashto: جهت ته بدلول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desviar Romanian flag Romanian: a tăia calea Russian flag Russian: преграждать путь
Slovak flag Slovak: odvrátiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: speljati drugam Serbian flag Serbian: preusmeriti
Swedish flag Swedish: mota tillbaka Thai flag Thai: ทำให้หันเห Turkish flag Turkish: yolunuçevirmek/kesmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使(人、動物)掉頭轉向 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відволікати Urdu flag Urdu: راستہ بدلنے پر مجبور کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bắt đổi hướng Chinese flag Chinese: 拦截,使转向

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