Synonyms for head off
head off

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1. head offverb

   To intercept.

   The cavalry will head off the bandits at the pass.

   Synonyms:
   cut 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"

   Synonyms:
   forfend, avoid, eliminate, avert, ward off, distract, keep off, bend, suspend, obviate, invalidate, fend off, stave off, block, nullify, debar, exclude, forefend, annul, quash, rid of, parry, bar, turn away, deflect, void

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1. head off

   Synonyms:
   intercept, head, get before

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1. head off

   Synonyms:
   intercept

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1. Karen Searle:

   He is accustomed to being touched, so he wouldn't scream his little head off when someone picked him up.

2. Elissa Slotkin:

   I remember being with a bunch of senior leaders in November, screaming my head off about the price of gas in November and being patted on my head and saying like,' Don't worry, we got to get through Christmas and it'll be better in 2022,' i don't think that we have a great sense of where this is going.

3. 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.

4. Bill Robles:

   The girls would have outbursts. He would have occasional outbursts. They would all do the same thing and copy him. One time they removed him from the courtroom and put him a holding cell, behind a locked door with a little screen, at one point he was agitated and (said) something to the effect of 'Somebody ought to cut your head off, judge' ... And before you knew it, Bingo! He was leaping toward the judge. The bailiff tackled him in midair.

5. Victor Borge:

   When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.