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go headlong

VERB
trip
Synonyms
STRONGEST
skip slide slip slip on stumble topple tumble
STRONG
buck canter confuse disconcert founder frolic hop lapse lope lurch miscalculate misstep pitch play plunge sprawl spring unsettle
WEAK
fall over go wrong lose balance lose footing make a faux pas slip up throw off
Antonyms
WEAK
correct fix

Example Sentences

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As she told McDonagh, "I don't think I would go headlong into another heartbreak story . . . just did that, takes a lot out of you."

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2022

"I don't think I would go headlong into another heartbreak story … just did that, takes a lot out of you."

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2022

You will only trip over a fir cone and go headlong into the valley.

From The Rosary by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

The more you try to pull him back the more impetus you give him to go headlong down.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida

Do you know, there are moments when I almost make up my mind to go headlong to the devil,—when I think it is the best thing to be done.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony