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head for (someone or something)

To proceed or move toward someone or something. Claire immediately headed for her parents when they arrived at day care. Head for the center of town, and I'll meet you there. I headed for the dugout after being tagged out.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

head for someone or something

to aim for or move toward someone or something. She waved good-bye as she headed for the door. Ann came in and headed for her mother.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

head for

Proceed or go in a certain direction, as in I'm heading for town, or I believe Karen and Jane are heading for a big quarrel. This expression, which uses head in the sense of "advance toward," is occasionally amplified with a figurative destination, especially in the American West. For example, head for the hills means "to run away to high and safer ground" or "to flee from danger." It is often used facetiously, as in Here comes that old bore-head for the hills!Head for the setting sun alludes to where a wanted man or outlaw went when a law-enforcement agent was close behind him, that is, farther west, and head for the last roundup means "to die." [Early 1800s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

head for

v.
1. To travel toward some destination: We headed for Houston.
2. To set something or someone on a course toward some destination, situation or condition. Used passively: This bus is headed for New York. You're headed for trouble if you keep telling such lies.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • head for (someone or something)
  • headed for
  • move on
  • move on someone
  • push toward
  • explain (someone or something) to (one)
  • explain to
  • drop out of
  • drop out of (something)
  • expound (up)on (someone or something) to (someone or something)
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