head out
Idioms-
Depart, begin a journey, as in The ship was heading out to sea , or When do you head out again?
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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 .
Example Sentences
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A smiling, big, heavy woman poked her head out the kitchen door and said, “Are you Jay Berry?”
From Literature
Papa and I were about halfway to the blacksmith shop when Daisy poked her head out the back door and yelled, “Jay Berry, I’ve been thinking—if you go to live naked in a hollow tree way back in the mountains, you’d better be careful. A woodchopper might come along and chop that tree down with you in it.”
From Literature
I was thinking about the way Daisy had described the Old Man to me when she poked her head out the back door and yelled, “Come and get it, or we’ll feed it to the chickens.”
From Literature
Jimbo raised his head out of the straw and looked at us for a second.
From Literature
Across the valley, we watch Israeli soldiers park their military jeep and head out on patrol.
From BBC
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