Examples of head off in a Sentence
if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
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Ooh, this one is of a homicidal purple alien chainsawing my child’s head off.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Court records said Streich bounced Laurer's head off the wall.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
These brave individuals will marry a complete stranger at the altar, head off on romantic honeymoons, and then move in together as husband and wife.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The showrunners had always planned to split the season in two, and Netflix executives suggested debuting the movie-length finale on its own to head off spoilers.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Court records said Streich bounced Laurer's head off the wall.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
These brave individuals will marry a complete stranger at the altar, head off on romantic honeymoons, and then move in together as husband and wife.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The showrunners had always planned to split the season in two, and Netflix executives suggested debuting the movie-length finale on its own to head off spoilers.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Head off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20off. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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