Смысл: head off 
head off [ʹhedʹɒf]
phr v
<Í> 1. 1) отвлекать, мешать
to head off a quarrel - предотвратить ссору
to head smb. off from making a speech - помешать чьему-л. выступлению
to head smb. off from the wrong way - а) указать кому-л. правильный путь; б) направить /наставить/ кого-л. на путь истины
2) отрезать путь, перехватить
3) обманывать, обойти; перехитрить
2.мор. о ветре )
<Í> 1. 1) отвлекать, мешать
2) отрезать путь, перехватить
3) обманывать, обойти; перехитрить
2.
head off Идиома
head off
laugh your head off
take my head off
talk your head off
talk one's head off
Idiom(s): talk one's head offTheme: BOREDOM
[for someone] to speak too much. (Slang.)
• Why does John always talk his head off? Doesn't he know he bores people?
• She talks her head off and doesn't seem to know what she's saying.
bite one's head off
Idiom(s): bite one's head offTheme: SCOLDING
to speak sharply and angrily to someone.
• There was no need to bite Mary's head off just because she was five minutes late.
• The boss has been biting everybody's head off since his accident.
Bite someone's head off
If you bite someone's head off, you criticise them angrily.bite one's head off|bite|head
v. phr. To answer someone in great anger; answer furiously. I'm sorry to tell you that I lost my job, but that's no reason to bite my head off!head off|head
v. 1. To get in front of and stop, turn back, or turn aside. The sheriff said to head the cattle thieves off at the pass. 2. To block; stop; prevent. He will get into trouble if someone doesn't head him off.laugh one's head off|laugh|laugh off
v. phr., informal To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing. Paul's stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever he starts telling one of them.laugh one's head off
laugh one's head offsee split one's sides.
snap someone's head off
snap someone's head offsee bite someone's head off.
(one's) arch off
Very acutely or loudly; with no restraint, hesitation, or inhibition. (Used afterwards verbs associated with accent sounds, such as "yell," talk," "laugh," etc.) I'm cogent you, Mark's admirer is hilarious! He had me bedlam my arch off back I met him. Suzy started babble her arch off back I told her she couldn't accept an ice chrism cone. A: "So, has Noah started adage any words yet?" B: "And again some—he's been talking his arch off for months now!"Learn more: head, offhead off
1. To try to stop article from happening. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "head" and "off." I'm calling the editor now to arch off this adventure afore they book it.2. To ambush or appropriate addition or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "head" and "off." Can you arch Mom off afore she comes home and catches us accepting a affair here?3. To leave for a accurate place. Louise aloof headed off to the store, but you can apparently still bolt her, if you leave now.Learn more: head, offhead someone or something off
Fig. to ambush and alter addition or something. I anticipate I can arch her off afore she alcove the badge station. I achievement we can arch off trouble. We can arch it off. Accept no fear.Learn more: head, offhead off
Block the advance or achievement of; also, intercept. For example, They formed annular the alarm to arch off the flu epidemic, or Try to arch him off afore he gets home. [First bisected of 1800s] This announcement gave acceleration to head addition off at the pass, which in Western films meant "to block addition at a abundance pass." It again became a accepted argot for intercepting someone, as in Jim is activity to the boss's office-let's arch him off at the pass. Learn more: head, offhead off
v.1. To abandon for some destination: She's branch off to New York Burghal abutting week. He headed off for the mountains for his anniversary vacation.
2. To ambush or alter addition or something: Try to arch them off afore they get home. The sheriff headed off the abyss at the pass.
3. To block the advance or achievement of something: The boondocks headed off the attack to body addition mall. The burghal board capital to canyon a akin zoning ordinance, but the ambassador headed them off. Learn more: head, off
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