head sth off betydelse and definition

Betydelse av head sth off på svenska

• 0 to prevent a difficult or unpleasant situation from happening:

  • The company is putting up wages to head off a strike.

• 1 to take action to stop something from happening:

  • The Federal Reserve was accused of failing to head off a crisis in home mortgages.

  • head off recession/inflation/legislation, etc.