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headed for the hills

headed for the hills is the simple past and past participle of head for the hills.

Meaning of head for the hills

Verb

head for the hills (third-person singular simple present heads for the hills, present participle heading for the hills, simple past and past participle headed for the hills)

  1. To travel to a higher elevation, especially to a rural region on vacation.
    • Modern campers look for comfort first when they head for the hills.2006 July 13, Jeremy Caplan, “Comfy Camping”, in Time
  2. (idiomatic) To go to a safe place; to seek refuge; to flee.
    • Goldman Sachs warned that we are ‘only at the start of a steep downturn’ and advised investors to head for the hills.2008 June 19, “Builders bashed after housing subsidence”, in managementtoday.com, UK, retrieved 25 Jun 2008

Questions about headed for the hills

What is headed for the hills the simple past and past participle of?
Headed for the hills is the simple past and past participle of head for the hills.

Words near headed for the hills in the dictionary

  1. headdressed
  2. headdresses
  3. headectomies
  4. headectomy
  5. headed
  6. headed for the hills
  7. headed off
  8. headed off at the pass
  9. headed out
  10. headed south
  11. headed up

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