English Explanatory Dictionary

head off at the pass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To endeavor to catch someone or something as they pass a specific, known point, as at a pass between mountains.
  2. To forestall (something).

Word forms

head off at the pass heads off at the pass heading off at the pass headed off at the pass

Synonyms

cut off at the pass
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