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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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"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

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 mean to go headlong against other folks' prejudices; but the fact is, a man never knows with what impetus he is going till he comes up against a post.

From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

And if you ought not to face them it is cowardly to go headlong into them, just because of some other boy's foolish dare.

From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Chidley, Howard J. (Howard James)

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

go headlong

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