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heading for the hills

heading for the hills is the present participle and gerund 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 heading for the hills

What is heading for the hills the present participle and gerund of?
Heading for the hills is the present participle and gerund of head for the hills.

Words near heading for the hills in the dictionary

  1. headily
  2. headin'
  3. headiness
  4. headinesses
  5. heading
  6. heading for the hills
  7. heading off
  8. heading off at the pass
  9. heading out
  10. heading south
  11. heading up

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