make head

phrase

1

: to make progress especially against resistance

… they made head against the wind …

—Charles Dickens

2

: to rise in armed revolt

… riflemen who … were called on to make head against a series of resolute efforts to drive them from Kentucky.

—Theodore Roosevelt

Examples of make head in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the 25th, with France leading 12-7, Meafou was carded for making head-on-head contact with Australian backrower Rob Valentini and that gave the Wallabies extra space to attack. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for make head

• abovesaid
• aforesaid
• arrowhead
• casinghead
• copperhead
• figurehead
• fountainhead
• gingerbread
• hammerhead
• infrared
• leatherhead
• letterhead