Head and Precedent

Head

Head adjective - Highest in rank or authority.

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Precedent and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precedent" instead an adjective "Head".

Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

Precedent adjective - Going before another in time or order.

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Head and precedent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead an adjective "Precedent".

human	human head	human precedent
good	good head	good precedent
clear	clear head	clear precedent
similar	similar head	similar precedent
Other adjectives: original, actual, entire, real, great, new.

In something of a precedent for this show, the very first time it happened in episode two, it ended with Helen, the "wife", being gruesomely murdered by having her head shoved into a deep-fat friar.

Source: Undercover as Lovers
He rarely makes it through a scene without a curse, a crude sexual reference, or just shouting that he'll "shoot your fucking head off." His response to Thomas More's defense of silence is to call it bollocks, and when Audley points out it has precedent, counters that it's still bollocks.

Source: Sir Swears-a-Lot
It's a bit less clear how Damar got away with killing the previous leader of the Cardassian Union by shooting him in the back of his head during a speech to the public and then taking over the Union, since this is both illegal and the sort of thing that sets a bad precedent.

Source: Klingon Promotion

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