Head-of-state
noun
1.
the person who holds the highest position in a national government:
a meeting of heads of state.
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- Head of steam
noun phrase Full speed and impetus: Stephanopoulos acknowledges a steady series of peaks and valleys: ”You get up a head of steam and then—oops! What’s coming around the corner?” [1835+; the date refers to the actual boiler pressure of a machine]
- Head of the river
noun 1.
- Head-on
[hed-on, -awn] /ˈhɛdˈɒn, -ˈɔn/ adjective 1. (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision. 2. facing the direction of forward motion or alignment; frontal. 3. characterized by direct opposition: a head-on confrontation. adverb 4. with the front or head foremost, especially in a collision: She stepped out of the front […]
- Head or tail
see: can’t make head or tail
- Head out
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.