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What is another word for
head off
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To keep from happening by taking action in advance
Block off
To begin moving away
Stop action; accomplish
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion)
(
of an action or event
)
To prevent from happening
To run away
Take over in place of another
To divert (a locomotive) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass
To head straight towards a specified direction or object, usually at an accelerated speed
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Verb
▲
To keep from happening by taking action in advance
avert
forestall
help
obviate
preclude
prevent
stave off
block
fend off
fend
discourage
pre-empt
repulse
arrest
balk
US
baulk
UK
check
curb
halt
hold off
intercept
keep off
stop
ward off
bulwark
cover
defend
deflect
divert
dodge
fence
fight off
foil
forfend
guard
guard against
keep
parry
protect
repel
resist
safeguard
screen
secure
shield
thwart
ward
defend oneself against
duck
escape
evade
hold back
oppose
skirt round
turn aside
keep at bay
put a stop to
stand up for
anticipate
frustrate
hinder
second-guess
circumvent
delay
deter
envision
expect
forecast
foresee
impede
monopolise
UK
monopolize
US
obstruct
predict
preempt
preoccupy
project
get ahead of
get in before
nip in the bud
provide against
steal a march on
beat someone to it
beat someone to the draw
beat someone to the punch
restrain
hamper
shut out
stay
counteract
damp
inhibit
debar
let
prohibit
save
chill
cool
dampen
disadvise
scare
rule out
turn off
talk out of
put a damper on
throw cold water on
act like a wet blanket
avoid
shunt
turn
veer
look away
shove aside
turn from
counter
eliminate
remove
foreclose
interfere
interpose
intervene
get round
make unnecessary
do away with
get rid of
take away
stave
baffle
bar
cork
dam
forbid
interdict
interrupt
limit
repress
restrict
retard
defend against
keep lid on
put an end to
stonewall
cease
desist
discontinue
keep from happening
forefend
defeat
stall
withstand
act against
cross
bring an end to
commandeer
be early
be one step ahead of
prepare for
beat somebody to it
cut off
pick off
head off at pass
act in advance of
refrain from
abstain
abstain from
bypass
control
elude
forbear
get around
pass up
restrain from
shake off
shirk
shrink from
shy from
sidestep
skip
skip out on
skirt
stay away
stay away from
steer clear
steer clear of
break the habit of
forbear from
get out of
keep from
shun
checkmate
compensate for
counterbalance
eschew
interfere with
make up for
negate
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
nullify
offset
provide
shake
decline
deny yourself
desist from
do without
forgo
give up
kick
leave off
refuse
renounce
withhold from
more ❯
“If we act quickly, we may still be able to
head off
disaster.”
Verb
▲
Block off
divert
intercept
intervene
redirect
reroute
stop
block off
cut off
interfere with
turn aside
turn back
Verb
▲
To begin moving away
commence
depart
leave
go away
go forward
set off
take off
strike out
go
move off
set forth
bear
begin
get under way
head
initiate
light out
make
set out
start
start out
embark
proceed
sail
start off
go forth
push off
sally forth
set sail
begin one's journey
be off
get going
get on the road
hit the road
hit the trail
make a start
set about
set forward
part
decamp
get out
shoo
absent yourself
fly
get moving
scat
scram
skedaddle
split
take oneself off
go your way
take your leave
beat it
begone
be off with you
clear off
get
get out of my sight
make yourself scarce
pop off
shove off
skip off
vamoose
bail
be on your way
bog off
book
bug off
buzz off
exit
get stuffed
hamba
haul off
hop it
move
naff off
on your bike
quit
run along
scarper
voetsak
avaunt
bail out
blow
bug out
clear out
continue
cut out
dig out
fare
get lost
get off
go off
hie
journey
launch
nick off
pass
peel off
process
pull out
pull stakes
push on
rack off
repair
sling your hook
step along
take a hike
take a powder
travel
walk out
wend
withdraw
cast off
get away
go and chase yourself
go jump in the lake
keep going
make progress
sod off
go and jump in the lake
pack off
pack up
pike off
pike out
scoot
put forth
bolt
escape
flee
hightail
hook it
skiddoo
take flight
go to hell
make off
run away
do a bunk
run off
get on your bike
take yourself off
beat a hasty retreat
make a break for it
make a run for it
kite
retire
remove oneself
make oneself scarce
retreat
absent oneself
disappear
break camp
vanish
beat a retreat
flit
make an exit
migrate
remove
make tracks
up sticks
abandon
abdicate
absent
advance
desert
emigrate
evacuate
git
hightail it
sally
secede
slope off
tergiversate
troop
vacate
abstract oneself
betake oneself
blast off
march out
move on
move out
pack your bags
say goodbye
slip away
take leave
cut and run
hit the bricks
make a break
more ❯
Verb
▲
Stop action; accomplish
stop work
call it a day
down tools
finish
knock off
leave
pack in
discontinue
drop
quit
abandon
break
can
cease
end
give up
halt
lay off of
stop
break off
break up
cut off
cut out
desist from
give over
lay off
leave off
shut off
achieve
complete
conclude
desist
eliminate
pack up
succeed
surcease
Verb
▲
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion)
intercept
block
catch
check
seize
stop
interrupt
obstruct
take
arrest
commandeer
cut off
expropriate
grab
impede
snatch
ambush
attack
challenge
deflect
detain
interdict
accost
appropriate
buttonhole
capture
confront
curb
divert
hijack
hinder
interlope
interpose
prevent
shortstop
tackle
waylay
pick off
pounce on
take on
cut in
swoop down on
take away
make off with
head off at pass
Verb
▲
(
of an action or event
)
To prevent from happening
stop
thwart
foil
forestall
circumvent
counter
cramp
curb
derail
halt
oppose
prevent
stymie
arrest
defeat
get around
get out of
beat
bypass
escape
evade
frustrate
prohibit
put paid to
balk
US
baulk
UK
circumnavigate
counteract
hinder
impede
inhibit
nullify
obstruct
overturn
scotch
stand in the way of
stave off
bring to a close
check
crimp
defend against
deflect
disrupt
hold back
interdict
interfere with
limit
put an end to
put a stop to
repress
restrain
restrict
retard
sidestep
skirt
steer clear of
ward off
avert
avoid
bar
block
crash
ditch
do for
hold off
hold up
juke
keep lid on
nip in the bud
outwit
put the kibosh on
put the stopper on
ruin
scupper
shut out
spoil
stall
stonewall
stump
take down
take wind out of
trammel
unrail
unsettle
upset
wreck
baffle
checkmate
discomfit
disconcert
dash
disappoint
cramp one's style
throw a curve
throw monkey wrench in
upset the apple cart
deter
hamper
interrupt
choke
clog
clot
congest
dam
jam
obscure
occlude
stuff
fetter
barricade
blockade
brake
catch
charge
gum up
plug up
stopper
stop up
tackle
block out
close off
close out
cut off
hang up
shut off
take out of play
get in the way of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To run away
make off
flee
abscond
bolt
decamp
fly
leave
run away
run off
run for it
skedaddle
take off
vamoose
beat a hasty retreat
clear off
scarper
scoot
take flight
beat it
clear out
cut and run
hightail it
hotfoot it
leg it
make a quick exit
make a run for it
make oneself scarce
make tracks
scram
split
bug out
clear
depart
do a disappearing act
do a runner
escape
go
light out
quit
retire
run
scamper
skip
withdraw
cut out
fly the coop
have it away
hook it
make away
peel out
take a powder
make a break for it
show a clean pair of heels
Verb
▲
Take over in place of another
preempt
appropriate
arrogate
commandeer
convert
expropriate
pirate
press
seize
usurp
accroach
acquire
annexe
UK
annex
US
anticipate
assume
avert
block
bump
confiscate
deter
forestall
obstruct
obtain
prevent
sequester
take
take over
stave off
Verb
▲
To divert (a locomotive) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass
sidetrack
distract
divert
deflect
draw away
lead away
alter
avert
change
digress
redirect
swerve
switch
veer
turn aside
change the subject
lead off the subject
lose the thread
get off the point
reroute
deviate
swing
turn
wheel
whip
channel
transfer
modify
pivot
sheer
volte-face
whirl
channel away
change the course of
detract
abstract
shift
call off
throw off
turn away
Verb
▲
To head straight towards a specified direction or object, usually at an accelerated speed
make
head
break
dash
run
bolt
bound
flee
rush
advance
dart
depart
go
race
scramble
scurry
sprint
beeline
career
hurry
hustle
leave
make a break
make off
move
scamper
scuttle
set forth
set off
set out
shoot
take off
aim
bear
cut
steer
take flight
veer
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