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单词 head sth off
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head sth off

phrasal verb with head uk/hed/us/hed/verb

to prevent a difficult or unpleasant situation from happening:

The company is putting up wages to head off a strike.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Preventing and impeding

  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag on sb/sth idiom
  • block sth out
  • blot
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hold out on sb
  • hold sb/sth back
  • holding pattern
  • impede
  • impedimenta
  • prevention is better than cure idiom
  • preventive
  • prohibit
  • pull
  • pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom

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head sth off

phrasal verb with head uk/hed/usverb

to take action to stop something from happening:

The Federal Reserve was accused of failing to head off a crisis in home mortgages.
head off recession/inflation/legislation, etc.
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