head off
verb
headed off; heading off; heads off
: to go to another place
See you later—I'm heading off to work.
Examples of head off in a Sentence
if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
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One side sees cuts as necessary to head off further labor market troubles, while the other worries that additional reductions could aggravate inflation, which has held considerably above the Fed’s 2% target.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
John and Michelle Montali graduated from Uni in 1988, then headed off to college at UCLA.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025
Every year, the three of us head off to the department store to pick out a special outfit for our annual Christmas party.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Fighters from 18 countries are here trying to knock each other's heads off.
—Heather Abbott, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
John and Michelle Montali graduated from Uni in 1988, then headed off to college at UCLA.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025
Every year, the three of us head off to the department store to pick out a special outfit for our annual Christmas party.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Fighters from 18 countries are here trying to knock each other's heads off.
—Heather Abbott, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for head off
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“Head off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20off. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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