Definitions for head off
head off

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1. debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward offverb

   prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

   "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

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1. head offverb

   To begin moving away.

2. head offverb

   To intercept.

3. head offverb

   To avoid some usually negative consequence.

4. Etymology: From head + off.

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1. Head Off

   Head Off is the seventh album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters. The album consists of cover songs from acts that the band felt that everyone should know about and listen to. The 2,500 units of the vinyl release all come with a poster, an additional 1,500 units were later pressed which also contained the poster. A special CD box was also available in a limited run of 6,000 copies worldwide and consists of a special CD that contains all of the music on one side that can be played as a regular CD, on the other side the bonus track "Straight Until Morning" and a special pin and patch.

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1. head off

   The phrase "head off" generally means to move in a certain direction or to leave for a destination. It can also mean to prevent or stop something from happening by taking action in advance.

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1. Head Off

   Head Off is the seventh and last album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters. The album consist of cover songs from acts that the band felt that everyone should know about and listen to. The 2500 units of the vinyl release all come with a poster, an additionall 1500 units were later pressed which also contained the poster. A special CD box was also available in a limited run of 6000 copies worldwide and consists of a special CD that contains all of the music on one side that can be played as a regular CD, on the other side the bonus track "Straight Until Morning" can be played on a record player. The box also contains a special pin and patch as well.

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How to pronounce head off?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of head off in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of head off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of head off in a Sentence

1. Tracey Emin:

   I have always done this, I have always been an advocate of women being able to tell how it feels. If you have been raped you scream your head off and you will be heard, that is what I have been talking about for the last 35 years when I have been making my work. I am really grateful to the Metoo and Times Up movement because women who never had a voice are coming forward and talking, but I have always been an advocate of it and I have always been talking about it.

2. James Harden:

   We came in with the mindset that we had to defend, we had to cut the head off the snake, and that's Harden, and then just try to defend everyone else at the same time, and we did that.

3. Utibe Essien:

   It's not just the Black doctor, it's not just the barber, it's not just the pastor, kind of these traditional folks who have been the big messengers. We have to be broad, it's investing in folks who know the neighborhood, the small-store owner who gets to see all the 12 - to 15-year-old kids come through the store getting snacks before they head off to school.

4. The CNN contributor:

   It probably stemmed from the fact that she was very upset with me because I... wouldn't be in her wedding and people were telling me she was very upset that I chose not to be in her wedding. the CNN contributor stabbed in the back, the neck, the eyeballs and in the front. The CNN contributor tried to cut my head off and put it on a platter and serve it up to Donald Trump.

5. Neama Rahmani:

   They're going to file their appeals, criminal defendants always do, but it was a pretty clean case in my book, what you want as a criminal defense attorney, especially when you're representing a defendant who is arguably less culpable, and Bryan was arguably less culpable, is to sever him or her from the other defendants, because it's arguably prejudicial to be tried with Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, or Gregory, who said, ‘I’m going to blow your f------ head off,'.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=head off
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Head_Off
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Off
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=head off