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Head off Moderate

Head off has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

"Let's avoid a confrontation"

"head off a confrontation"

"avert a strike"

2

To begin moving away.

Example Sentences
"Let's avoid a confrontation" verb
"head off a confrontation" verb
"avert a strike" verb
See Also
heads off headed off intercept wind turn off heading
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
prevent
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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