head toward

head toward (someone or something)

1. To start physically moving toward someone or something. I'm heading toward the west entrance because I thought that's where you are! Head toward the second floor—Joan is waiting for you there.
2. By extension, to progress toward a particular outcome. Wait, Callie doesn't know that her crush is secretly dating someone else? Oh boy, this situation is headed toward disaster.
See also: head, toward
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

head toward someone or something

 
1. Lit. to point at and move toward someone, something, or some place. Head toward Mary and don't stop to talk to anyone else. Sharon headed toward the parking lot, hoping to get home soon.
2. Fig. to be developing into something; to be moving toward a specific result. The problem will head toward a solution when you stop making the situation worse than it is. I believe that you are heading toward severe health problems if you don't stop smoking.
See also: head, toward
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • head toward (someone or something)
  • incline toward
  • incline toward (someone or something)
  • fall toward
  • fall toward (something)
  • tilt toward
  • tilt toward (something)
  • harbor ill will toward (someone or something)
  • make one's way
  • make your way
References in classic literature
At daybreak D'Artagnan, who had wandered about the lower hall, biting his fingers to stifle his sighs - D'Artagnan went up once more; and watching the moments when Grimaud turned his head towards him, he made him a sign to come to him, which the faithful servant obeyed without making more noise than a shadow.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Casaubon, smiling and bending his head towards Celia, who immediately dropped backward a little, because she could not bear Mr.
Casaubon, who bowed his head towards her, while Mr.
Middlemarch
JERUSALEM, Friday, August 09, 2019 (wafa) -- The Higher Islamic Commission (HIC) in Occupied Jerusalem, the Council for Waqf and Islamic Affairs, and the Supreme Council of Fatwa, an Islamic body based in eastern Jerusalem, called on all mosques around the city to close on Eid al-Adha, and for Muslims to head toward at al-Aqsa mosque compound to perform the Eid prayer.
High Islamic bodies call for intensifying Palestinian presence at Aqsa mosque on Eid al-Adha
Fabian Yabut Street in Guadalupe Nuevo and head toward Kalayaan Avenue.
Makati bares road closures, traffic rerouting for June 21-23
Summary: While being at her busiest time working on launching her first musical project with the music production company called "Arabica Music", the Lebanese artist Huda Haddad had left Lebanon and head toward Kuwait
Huda Haddad between Kuwait and Cairo
In an interview with Discover magazine in September 2005, Gray, who heads the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University, said that that year's active season was due to changes in wind patterns that caused more storms to head toward the U.S.
Fewer hurricanes than expected in 2006
Taking one step forward, launch the ball forward over your head toward a wall.
The crosstraining report: get on the ball
About 10 percent of these ejections head toward Earth.
The sun's halo in 3-D: new perspectives on solar explosions
Overall, the momentum established in the New Jersey retail market during the past three years continues to propel demand for Class A-quality retail space in the state's primary markets as we head toward the end of 2001.
New Jersey retail market at the end of growth period
A common tendency is to turn the head toward the downstage corner without slanting it, which is not nearly as warm or aesthetically pleasing.
Croise Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique (Fifth in a series)
The top man must then step his front foot toward the bottom man's head and drive the opponent's head toward the man's knee (Photo 7).
Put your wrestler in the driver's seat: illustrating three pinning combinations from the crossfire drive position
The process of moving the female body and head toward abstraction demythologizes it, if remythologizing it as pure spirit.
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Space-weather forecasters get little advance notice of solar storms that may erupt and head toward Earth when these hidden regions emerge, potentially harming satellites and knocking out electric-power grids.
Spacecraft sounds out the sun's hidden half
As the New Year gets underway and we head toward the new millennium, give your-self a standing ovation for developing a healthy lifestyle and commitment to fitness.
Healthy New Year!