as in averted
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
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Recent Examples of headed off
Decked out in a custom 3D wheelchair, Cola, now aged 4, left the shelter and headed off into the sunset and a life in a new forever home.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Pegula then broke again to cap a four-game run that wrapped up the set and, this time, Sabalenka quickly retrieved her bag and headed off to the locker room.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
For the first time since kindergarten, Jimmy Snuggerud isn’t headed off to school this year.
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Pegula then broke again to cap a four-game run that wrapped up the set and, this time, Sabalenka quickly retrieved her bag and headed off to the locker room.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
For the first time since kindergarten, Jimmy Snuggerud isn’t headed off to school this year.
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headed off
Verb
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America would have averted a constitutional crisis and a financial disaster.—
Tom Campbell,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
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What's much harder to measure is the number of shootings that have been averted.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As a deadlock in Congress has prevented passage of the federal budget, Democrats have garnered increasing attention for drawing a line on this particular issue.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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That Maestro screening featured the vociferous participation of Leonard Bernstein’s surviving family members, as well as Cooper himself watching silently from the audience (the strike prevented him from doing more), a perfect companion to Cooper’s alternately reverent and over-the-top biopic.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Headed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headed%20off. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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