head off

As the oldest, Joylette would get her own room, though she would be heading off to college soon.

In addition to the currency swap, the Treasury also injected an estimated $2 billion to head off a pre-election run on the Argentine peso.

One reason companies keep changing tactics is to head off disruptions.

I could have put the book back on the shelf and headed off to the fiction section, but instead I bought the guidebook and a couple more.

Eubank thinks he is a better boxer than he is and Benn only knows how to fight one way - trying to take his opponent's head off for every second of every round.