head for

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head for
verbo transitivo con partícula
1dirigirse a
  • you're heading for trouble/disaster -> te estás buscando problemas/la ruina

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head for
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
1 [+place]
where are you heading for? ¿hacia dónde vas?; ¿para dónde vas?; it's time we were heading for home ya es hora de que nos vayamos para casa; he picked up his coat and headed for the door tomó el abrigo y se dirigió hacia la puerta; when he comes home he heads straight for the TV nada más llegar a casa se va derechito para la televisión; the car was heading straight for us el coche venía derecho hacia nosotros; the vessel was heading for the port of Cádiz el navío iba rumbo al se dirigía al puerto de Cádiz;or
she was heading for the station
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to be heading for: you're heading for trouble vas por mal camino; he's heading for a disappointment se va a llevar una decepción; he's heading for a fall va camino del fracaso
the latest talks aimed at ending the civil war appear to be heading for deadlock the centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction we are heading for ruin

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