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I stared at him, realizing that his analysis and strategy were correct. I had worked my head off, as I had never done before.

He said, "Well you've decided to head off on the Titanic towards economic and democratic disaster and we are now in a life boat. "

No matter whether you wear your most alluring clothes, or how much you sparkle, they seem to head off in the opposite direction.

They brought a sharp sword and with it they tried to cut his head off.

If I see that ked in my orchard again I'll knock his head his head off.

With a tortured, superhuman effort, Abbandando lifted his head off his pillow, eyes unseeing, and pointed a skeletal forefinger at the Don.

Thaksin tried to head off the coup by telephoning a Thai television station from New York to announce a state of emergency.

Set at the front, then head off-line will leak a few needles, not to reclaim the volume of cars to increase rework.

Outgassing is one of the "dangerous anthropogenic warming" effects that the Copenhagen summit is trying to head off.

Some have also experimented with limited capital controls in a parallel attempt to head off the flow of hot money.

Without global targets and standards, all this may not be enough to head off climate change.

She came in and said that she was the wife of our boss. We laughed our head off about it.

The first thing to be done was to head off the enemy from the tender spots and vital places.

Much as I might want to retire, that doesn't look financially feasible for a while, not with two kids ready to head off to college.

The High-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is used to carry out high reconnaissance or to head off missiles.

I laughed my head off when she told me that she went into the Men's Room and met her headmaster.

Industry and public relations executives say it's critical for the company to respond forcefully to head off damage to its reputation.

A person who's annoyingly analytical may try to help you work out a compromise. Don't bite his or her head off.

Other companies are trying to head off the threat by taking the initiative.

But Reagan did at least manage to keep control of the message and head off the expected disaster at the polls.

Don't let them say about the man condemned to death: "He is going to pay his debt to society, " but: "They're going to chop his head off. "

Security agents ran to all the exits in an attempt to head off the gunman.

Now a Treasury plan aims to create nimble watchdogs to head off the next novel trigger of a financial crisis.

After we had all taken on enough food (and Martin his beer) our lethargy began to recede and we were able to head off again.

Once conservationists uncover such details, perhaps they will be able to head off the next invasion.

The day is a complete write-off and I head off to bed to sulk.

Shove your way up to the front, then jump your head off!

I just forget to show up, but that's no reason to bite my head off. Come on; tell me how can I make it up to you.

So how could I dare to be so dissatisfied as to head off on such a selfish and self-seeking whim?

I wanted to bark at him and bite his head off.

The ongoing weakness has prompted some Wall Street economists to call for major intervention by Washington to head off prolonged stagnation.

Of course you 'll bite his head off while venting your spleen for you've been steamed up.

I think I'll hang in Mumbai for a few days (or more) before I head off to Goa and learn to build guitars!

Well, that's thrilling. Plus, some guy blows his head off in a church and another goes postal in a hobby shop before the cops take him out.

This irritated veteran Huang Zhong. Huang shouted: "Advisor HAS looked down upon me. I will get his head off and offer it to you. "

Somebody suggested that, rather than leave the drunk to the tribesmen, they should chop his head off and take that home.

If the money goes out without you having to lift a finger, chances are that you'll simply let it head off into the savings pot . . .

Then I shall know you're enjoying yourself, instead of sitting here idle, looking at the scenery and yawning your head off.

With smiles on their faces, and so much to gain from their summer adventure, the children head off to camp holidays.

Can the technologies you're talking about be developed fast enough to head off some of the worst effects of climate change?

You just about got away with it last time: next time instead of having a coronary he might chop your head off.

Oh, I really get sick of her. She always talks her head off with me.

The Fed may head off deflation. To put millions of Americans back to work, a lot more needs to be done. Mr. Bernanke can't do it alone.

"Mike had retaliated, talking his head off. " may be translated as.

Everybody tries to avoid him, because he would talk his head off whenever he has the chance.

I relish being able to laugh my head off watching a silly movie, or being brought to tears by a sentimental 'chick' flick.

"I'm gonna try to take his head off, " Ortiz said of UFC president Dana White.

If you cut the head off the snake the rest of it dies.

Traders who had bet that the Bank of Canada would raise rates to head off inflation sold the Canadian dollar.

The drafters of the new five-year plan adopted in March were clearly hoping to head off such a calamity.

The Fed's move is a much-needed attempt to stimulate the American economy and head off deflation here.

I bet he is now sitting at home laughing his head off.

Head off to Lei Yuan, a Cantonese dim sum restaurant two blocks away from the office, to meet Xu Jiali, our Chinese partner.

The industry move also appears designed to head off state-level efforts to ban BPA across the U. S.

He complained for hours, then to top things off, he started shouting his head off.

It was a stark warning from the Federal Reserve Board Chairman: Congress must act now to head off a looming crisis in social security.

Only swift and decisive action by the leaders of Europe's big economies is likely to head off the current crisis.

I got the store opened and started waiting on these people, and all the time the darn phone was ringing its head off.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

I thought that I would laugh my head off , but I had to stop because my sides hurt .

The massive state-led investment was supposed to head off social unrest as urban home prices spiraled out of reach of ordinary workers.

Later, he grabs the Sword of Gryffindor and chops the head off a python in a manner that suggests he is onstage at a Black Sabbath concert.

Beijing has been trying to head off a new surge in inflation.

Give your evidence, "said the King, or we'll cut your head off. "

In the run-up to the Games, Chinese authorities, looking to head off troubles, say they have stepped up antiseparatist activities.

I'm starving. He's yelling his head off for his dinner.

If somebody doesn't do something quickly, "said the Queen, " I'll cut everybody's head off.

There's no way some novel could ever kick as much ass as, say, watching Sylvester Stallone punch a guy's head off his shoulders.

I knew he would try to head off awkward questions about his past.

Under a lightless lorry, cutting his head off.

Given its lobbying power, the financial industry may yet head off some of the restrictions on its activities.

In the long term this can even help to head off a heart attack because gum disease can increase the risk of heart attacks.

The teacher must be having a bad day. I only asked her a question and she bit my head off.

More female workers could even help head off the pensions crisis and the problems of an ageing population.

Realizing that they could not head off the vote on Thursday, Israel and the United States worked to contain the fallout from it.

Any attempt to head off a crisis of government competence must begin with serious long-term reform.

Moving to head off draconian U. S. action, Beijing announced December 12 that it would levy an unspecified tariff on its textile exports.

you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer.

I have no warm clothes as I sent all mine home way back in Istanbul, so three of us head off to rent coats in the village.

And she's married to the Prince of Darkness. He bit the head off of a live bat, for God's sake.

Since collagen breakdown really picks up in your mid-30s, eat citrus early and often to head off aging.

The old man often coughed his head off in the winter.

China has limited the rise of the yuan, which forces the central bank to look for other ways to slow growth and head off inflation.

The correction on young dogs does not necessarily mean - take the dogs head off with a level 10 correction.

Especially not my dog, right? You'd rather cut his head off.

Clichy has bags of potential on the pitch and, just as importantly, a level head off it.

About to head off to the U. S. to work on more music.

If you would have told me that before CES, I probably would have laughed my head off.

We head off in search of a tiny bus, which we will call home for the next week.

In areas currently beyond the agricultural pressures, the report says challenge is to head off future conflicts.

A domestic carbon tax could head off those duties which would raise the price of China's exports, an essential part of the nation's economy.

We spend a night in the historic city of Melaka, a World Heritage Site, then head off in the morning for a ferry crossing into Indonesia.

"George was laughing his head off. "

The growing emphasis on preventive medicine may also place more responsibility on patients to head off illnesses before they become serious.

The world is running out of time to develop new seed varieties to confront climate change and head off food shortages, Reuters reported.

On-screen, Mr Subbarao exudes confidence in an ability to head off a final, ruinous stage of hyperinflation.

A half an inch would have taken his head off.

All are trimming government deficits to head off a debt crisis like the one in Greece this year.

In fact, he recently trademarked the name Simple Funerals to head off competition.

When I got there, I found out that her neighbors' dogs bit the cat's head off when she stuck it through a hole in the fence.

The package designed to head off a feared credit crunch proved to be grotesquely oversized.

King Abdullah, a cable says, urged America to "cut the head off the snake" .

This may not be enough to head off rising frustration.

You can pull the head off one and stick it where the arms go on another.

hiring managers could head off the problem by being more thorough when screening potential employees , according to researchers.

And now they're ready. At this point, the bears are unmolded and they head off for packaging.

The woman noticed Tereza's tears and nearly lost her temper: "Good heavens! Don't' tell me you're going to bawl your head off over a dog! "

The Saudis, we learn, want America to cut the head off the Iranian snake.

A. Thanks for the advice, Mr. Macmillan. I'll keep it in mind. I had better head off though. I'm meeting my husband for dinner.

We arrive in Penang mid morning and, as it is one of the cheaper places in Asia to buy electrical goods, I head off to buy another laptop.

Then the truck will head off to a processing plant, where the fish will become food.

In other words, it helps to head off tension around the holiday dinner table.

I hide the pile of catalogues away and head off to try to find myself something decent to read.

Abbas and Hamas also felt internal pressure over the disunity and wanted to head off protests in their own backyard.

I will hide three times on three different days and if you lose, I'll cut your head off. "The young man agreed. "

People really tell we cut his head off.

The impact of US-led unconventional monetary measures to head off deflation was inescapable and highly controversial.

To start with, Detroit is finally positioned to head off Japanese gains that traditionally accompany rising gasoline prices.

Saying, it does not beg for mercy centipede, centipede head off Red crown, one will eat the centipede.

Hi everyone, Well, the Galaxy have played their last match this year and now all the players head off on their winter breaks.

The premier, who was a middle-ranking official in 1989, was clearly concerned to head off potential public anger over price rises.

The guys will spend the next week in Vancouver before they head off to China.

The bank said that strengthening the exchange range could help Beijing 'reduce inflationary pressures' and head off real-estate bubbles.

No! He resented the old man, so he saws the head off his dad's memorial statue.

Enemy transport troops are passing the north-east, move there to head off and smash all the blue transport trucks!

The findings suggest if a man has an important day ahead he would be best to head off to the spare room rather than share the marital bed.

My sister told me a joke that made me laugh my head off.

I didn't dare tell George when he came home. He'd have laughed his head off.

Some experts believe iodine can help head off long-term effects irradiation exposure, including thyroid cancer.

If you print my letter in the paper , I just know I'll be so thrilled I'll bawl my head off .

What's eating that guy? I asked him for the time and he almost took my head off.

China's government is even considering price controls on food (and energy) to tame inflation and head-off popular discontent.

You are ready to quit and head off into the sunset. So what do you do?

He laughed his head off. 9. He told some real zingers.

But some analysts say the policies have come too late to head off a property bubble.

One boy ate an apple with a razor in it and it cut his head off.

Washington officials responded with unprecedented measures to head off a global collapse of lending.

' 'What a dishonor for the Olympics, ' says one commentator. 'In the old time they cut the head off.

I can't believe you cut his head off.

To head off these effects, the party has allowed capitalists and entrepreneurs to join the party.

By emphasizing efficiency at the Pentagon, Gates is hoping to head off cuts imposed by Congress, Adams said.

Britain's Gordon Brown wants to transform the IMF into an "early warning system" to head off financial turbulence.

By widening its net, law enforcement can move more quickly and potentially head off future crimes, Bieber points out.

And that's bad news for those who hope to head off substantial upward pressure on oil prices.

Steven Gerrard will head off on international duty this week knowing England fans rate him the country's finest.

"You tried to cut my head off you're going to jail " the man screamed the affidavit notes.

His domain has hardly any proper roads, so the security forces often cannot reach trouble-spots to head off problems.

A breakup could head off any antitrust suits, even though Google is clearly facing new competition for online ads.

The builders spent some $600 million to head off trouble with regulators, environmental groups and Indian tribes before it arose.

cut sth off Cut his head off!

I then shook my head off and said: " No, No, how can I spend your money since I have owed a lot to you. "

But that final 1% of journeys presumably includes the summer holiday when people pile into the car and head off for the coast.

The European Central Bank has already raised interest rates once this year to head off inflation and it may soon do so again.

Any hint of price rises on that scale would probably trigger a drastic monetary tightening as Beijing seeks to head off social unrest.

They cut his head off.

Fourth , work closely with the systemic risk regulator and other supervisors to head off compound failures .

A "Trans-Pacific Partnership" with vital Asian countries could help head off an Asian trade bloc.

The government is now forcing down property prices to head off a potentially more damaging crash.

You with your peasant mind-don't make me snap your head off.

So if Project Merlin is unlikely to defuse public anger, will it manage to head off government action?

This will have the effect of pulling your upper torso and head off the floor.

In the sad part, the dog cried his eyes out, and in the funny part, the dog laughed its head off.

Head off Try to head him off before he gets home.

Many shoppers go to the same old bins, buy the same old things, and head off to the next section of the store.

Please be careful not to "head" swing line toward others, to prevent head off injured others.

Shanghai is not alone in moving early to head off further unrest this year.

Colin: Right! Throughout the movie, I was changing between sobbing and laughing my head off.

But my father worked his head off from the time I can remember, in factories or shops.

He slurred over the details to head off disagreement.

The company changed its plans in order to head off a rebellion by shareholders.

Two hours and endless calls to customer services later, my card is unblocked and I can head off to buy lunch.

The actor shaved his head off in order to portray a bald man.

My daughter laughed aloud and laughed her head off .

Clean the string beans and cut the head off. Fry till dry, drain up.

How to head off that catastrophe should be the dominant policy issue of our time.

But traders say that only 50% to 70% have signed on, complicating Greece's attempts to head off a default.

"Geek" is the circus guy who bites the head off of live animals.

He's in the process of reshuffling the cabinet to head off an opposition threat to paralyse government business.

But Perls hopes to head off commercial efforts to market this kind of test.

You could just rip their head off?

I'm going to Alaska. Moose blood, crazy stuff. Blows your head off!

The government has tried to head off the online criticism.

Last autumn, when the financial crisis was at its height, policy makers pushed some banks to buy weaker ones to head off failures.

What about imposing capital controls to head off possible bank runs?

Almost all of us have the same dream - owning a home, seeing our children head off to college.

In the summer, the ECB twice raised rates to head off inflationary pressure.

What can we expect as we head off into the wonderful world of higher education? The first thing I notice is the workload.

Is biting your daughter's head off for academic reasons justified?

If Beijing decides that these experiments in advocacy aren't working, it can easily throw up a wall to head off reforms.

I was only five minutes late but she really bit my head off .

This page has endorsed nuclear power as one tool to head off global warming.

You may even re-list previous answers. Then you might head off on a new tangent and generate 10-20 more answers along some other theme.

I head off for work, thought just I'd see if you wanted to do something.

The High Commissioner says it is crucial to head off another humanitarian crisis.

Jane ate her head off at the party.

your best with these easy ways to head off everyday beauty blunders.

We head off on a local coach for the city of Tabriz.

Mr Kan has sought to head off criticism of further intervention.

I chopped my own head off once.

As a result, in-house counsel can take preventive actions that head off litigation before it starts.

All the while, Microsoft has to figure out how to head off a feared mass exodus of Yahoo employees while paring back redundant brands.

Oh, I daren't , Master Tom. She would tear my head off. She would really.

Shoot this motherfucker! - I swear to God, I'm gonna blow your head off!

If I am at fault, I don't mind being corrected, but you needn't bite my head off.

i understand ! you don ' t have to chew my head off.

To head off such threats, nuclear-armed states need to start shedding weapons.

Then the human-vampire couple head off to sunny Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon.

During the economic crisis of 2008, China's leaderstook emergency measures to head off unrest.

Yeah. Well, he probably cut her head off.

Beijing has been waging a nearly two-year campaign to head off a property bubble.

Tarry with me and I will cut your head off.

Both sides tried to head off another war.

Now let head off for the city and the university club .

I just asked a simple question: there's no need to snap my head off .

You better. The boss will chew my head off if these cores get messed up.

By God, if you ask me one more question about how to do your taxes, I might just rip your head off! ! ! !

To this day, we wave to each other every time we head off in different directions.

Andrew, you can talk my head off, but you can't change wrong into right.

Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy cuts girl's head off.

We head off into the passage, bent over like trolls under the low ceiling.

Does it matter? You'll just die or divorce or blow your pet's head off.

I'll make you a deal if you don't move a muscle, i won't blow your head off.

Head off to Hawaii or Mexico or Australia and get married on the beach or have a small gathering in your parent's backyard.

One simple thing you can do to head off bacteria is floss your teeth.

The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.

and he cut his fucking head off, man!

I'm not even sure I'll take the head off.

Oh , I dasn't, Mars Tom. Ole missis she'd take an 'tar de head off'n me . 'Deed she would.

Remember that scene where she cuts the guy's head off?

Put your gun down or I'm gonna blow your freaking head off.

Put your gun down or I'm gonna blow your frickin' head off.

Boss will chew my head off if these cores get messed up.

By knowing a person's rules, you can head off these challenges in advance.

Don't mention the survey, or she'll beat your head off.

You don't have to bite my head off just because I asked you to keep quiet.

When she asked her father for money, he nearly bit her head off.

I criticized her dress and she bit me head off.

The Satan refused to bit your head off.

It's so funny that I laugh my head off.

Screaming my head off when my son scores a goal.

The workers chipped fish head off.

They could think of no way to head off the inflation.

She talked her head off.

And the IV fluids will head off your hangover.

I laughed my head off when I read the jokes in the newspaper.

You don't have to bite my head off.

Now get going before I blow your head off.

The joke was so funny that I almost laughed my head off.

Be careful, she'll talk your head off.