head-on
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈhɛdˌɑn/
:
frontal
- They charged the Spanish guns head on and enabled the French to take the pass.
- head-on collision
- face head-on
- confront head-on
Except for when they fly head on into the glass.
- Except for when they fly head on into the glass.
- Almost right, like almost head on collision with us.
- This clothing is crafted for those to face life head on.
- Whites turn their eyes away in in discomfort to to look at things head on.
- If you get that much damage in one go, it was like a head on car crash, you're dead.
- And he and he drove head on into the the taxi and the car was full and he was behind the taxi driver.
- I will die in a head on collision in that sharp turn on the way to Matt's ranch with an Amazon truck.
- The brave Norwegian drove his vessel head on against the suing Jelly, which rose above the unclean froth like the stern of a demon galleon.
- If the Scrooge want to come and beat me up I'd I'd meet you face head on.
Examples
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Best way is always head-on.
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I need to face this head-on.
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Address it all head on.
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Meet him head-on right now.
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A drunk driver was in the wrong lane on the highway and hit him head-on.
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A head-on collision took the life of James Dean.
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Consider the example of a 68-year-old man brought to the ED by ambulance after a head-on collision.
Academic text (2002) -
And it often does so in ways that confront old beliefs head-on, bringing about significant societal anxiety.
Academic text (1999) -
Mikhail Frunze faced the issue head-on when he took over as head of the Red Army during the mid-1920s.
Academic text (1999) -
The car crashed head-on into the barrier after losing control on the wet road.
Synonyms
57
4.8
Near the front part or the forehead of something
19
3.3
In a way that moves with your face going in front or that shows you act quickly without thinking
2
5.1
With the top of the body moving first, often when falling or diving
1
5.8
From the side that faces another person or thing
Antonyms
78
4.2
In a way that does not say something clearly, often by a hint or through someone else
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Head-on comes from putting head and on together to show something meeting with the front first, like going 'head first' into another object. So a head-on crash is when two fronts meet directly.