How to Use head off in a Sentence

head off

verb

• Cut the head off and three more sprout up in its place.
  — Vulture, 6 Feb. 2023
• The streets fill with cars as eclipse-chasers head off.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
• William bawled his head off from the moment that the photo op started to the end of it.
  — Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2022
• Crowds looked on as the young men headed off to battle.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• The ship will dock with the gas depot, fuel up, and head off toward the moon.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
• The whole point is in and out, enjoyment, laugh your head off, and get some thrills.
  — Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2023
• And when you the quarterback, how many people want to knock your head off?
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2023
• Maybe seeing Taylor Swift yelling her head off at a football game will do the trick.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Others take the title and bare bones of the movie and head off in whole new directions, for better or worse.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2023
• Things can blow your head off for all different kinds of reasons.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
• The move heads off what local and state leaders viewed as the worst of the $312 million in cuts expected to take effect this year.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• On Tuesday, Hilary Duff shared a few adorable snaps of her two little girls headed off to school.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• Bouncing his head off the padded back stanchion of the basket to celebrate a bucket.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
• While its load is not near the amount needed to head off a famine, officials said many more ships will take the same journey in the coming days and weeks.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
• At one point, Wiley, a devoted angler, broke the head off a fish smothered in onion sauce.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Those changes, adopted in July, were not enough to head off the intense opposition of the Clean Up Samuels group.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Want to head off on your own wine-country jaunt, minus the Sideways drama and tourist traffic?
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2023
• Shrimp that’s in the shell will sometimes come with the head attached, which is where most of the fat is concentrated; some like to cook shrimp with the heads on, twist the head off and suck out the juices.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 19 July 2023
• But then in August 2022, Aiden himself headed off to college at Chapel Hill.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2024
• Counseling is the kind of help that experts believe can help head off such attacks.
  — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
• These are the crews that will board up and secure broken doors and windows and help head off further smoke and water damage.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• Take them after working at, or before heading off to work.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• My daughter, about to head off to college, had a heckuva time finding a job this summer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• This is Republicans trying to knock the heads off each other.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
• The end came in the eighth, not long after Inoue bounced Fulton’s head off one of the corner cushions, when the referee jumped in to declare that enough was enough.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
• Lotus might be ready to head off in a completely new direction.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
• Lautner then throws a few karate punches and backflips before punching the West mannequin’s head off.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2023
• Before the school year even ended, Coates' family had packed up their belongings and headed off for the Twin Cities.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• To head off the problem, keep your air-conditioner serviced and replace the filters.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• Learn from our grumpiness and read advice on heading off your own purchase mistakes.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024