Head off
Head off verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Proceed
Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.
Head off and proceed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head off" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Both terms in one sentence
- However, when a third 'voice' in the form of a dead rabbit tries to warn Johnny that the Doughboys are trying to use him, the perfectly ordinary styrofoam figures start moving around by themselves and proceed to tear the rabbit's head off, and continue to move around for the rest of the scene.
Source: Mind Screw / Comic Books
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Proceed and Head off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/head_off/proceed
Head off & Proceed. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/head_off/proceed>.
Proceed or Head off. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/head_off/proceed.
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