head off

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head off

  1. estää (kulku johonkin suuntaan), tukkia tie
    A group of boys was standing in their way, trying to head off the escaped pigs.
    We must try and head them off before they get to the bridge.
  2. estää tapahtumasta
    We must head off the looming disaster.
    The capitalists only allow wages to rise to head off their own demise in a proletarian revolution!
  3. suunnata kulkunsa, lähteä kulkemaan jonnekin
    She headed off towards the village to get the doctor.