head out

Idioms  

1. Depart, begin a journey, as in The ship was heading out to sea , or When do you head out again?

2. head out after . Follow or pursue, as in Since they knew the way, we headed out after them , or A police car headed out after the car thieves .

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Example Sentences

Reading science has shown for decades that our current educational system needs to get its head out of the sand.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even more oil might have been able to head out via the Red Sea had another pipeline not fallen hostage to regional hostilities.

From The Wall Street Journal

I figure out a three-mile loop around the neighborhood that I’ll run a second time on my own because I don't want to see Jonah on the nature trail, and Celia and I head out.

From Literature

Mom’s car is waiting right in front of the library, and she leans her head out the window.

From Literature

“Yep. I’m going to bring water somehow. And head out at seven o’clock at the latest, I think. So this doesn’t happen again.”

From Literature

Related Words

• disappear
• escape
• flee
• fly
• go
• move
• quit
• retire
• start
• take off
• withdraw