Function: transitive verb
Date: 1841
: to turn back or turn aside : BLOCK , PREVENT < head them off at the pass> <attempts to head off the imminent crisis>
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1841
: to turn back or turn aside : BLOCK , PREVENT < head them off at the pass> <attempts to head off the imminent crisis>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012