Usage of "head off" | TermGallery

portuguès

espanyol

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.

Ús de head off en anglès

Aid agencies are taking proactive measures to head off a potential crisis. 
 Reuters 

Therefore I shall need you to overhang your head off the bedside. 
 Speaks the Nightbird 

Jess has the mouth of the arroyo guarded to head off Street. 
 The Sheriff's Son 

Nas Ta Bega darted in here and there to head off escape. 
 The Rainbow Trail 

The last time I saw her she nearly coughed her head off. 
 The Blood Red Dawn 

There is that magnificent Bob, eating his head off in the stable. 
 Burning Daylight 

He cut the head off, but he did not underprop it alone. 
 The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance 

Cut the head off a lie, it does not die at all. 
 The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 

The effort now must be to head off encroachments by Governor Obstinate. 
 The President: A Novel 

The boat had been discharged, and was lying with her head off. 
 Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea 

Then, with a sweep of the sickle-sword he took her head off. 
 The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 

Besides, some Yankee scout may shoot the top of your head off. 
 The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide 

The trick made him mad and he bit the stork's head off. 
 The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ... 

If it had not burst, it would have taken his head off. 
 The Story of General Gordon 

I am sure I hope he will not snap my head off. 
 A Crooked Path: A Novel 

I shall snap his head off every time he speaks to me. 
 The Story of Waitstill Baxter 

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Verb

Preposició

Translations for head off

portuguès

espanyol

Head off a través del temps

Head off per variant geogràfica

Irlanda

Comú

Nova Zelanda

Comú

Sudàfrica

Comú

Més varia

Significats de head off en anglès