head off
Example Sentences
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Three colour co-ordinated waves of runners then head off for the 10k between 08:30 and 09:03.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
European Union officials say they are in talks with the Trump administration to head off export controls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
A sudden liquidity panic, the kind that felled Lehman Brothers, he noted, is something Beijing can nearly always head off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
River just keeps banging his head off the brick wall that is J.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Oh, there was once a dog named Fonzie who nearly took his head off, but Fonzie wasn’t really mad at him so much as surprised.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
