In formal usage, you can head in a direction or head toward a destination, but "head" refers just to setting a course (direction of movement). In common usage, though, head to or head over to …

I am heading to/for/toward(s) the door/car/barbershop. All the above prepositions mean much the same. The Google Ngram Viewer shows that the preposition "for" is used at least ten times …

Nov 27, 2017 · One could interpret the simple form to mean that the action never began in the first place. For example, "I was headed to the city before I read the weather report." One could …

Feb 28, 2014 · Wikipedia says that "head and tail" might be connected with German Kopf und Zahl (Head and number). In English the word family connected with German Zahl and zählen …

Apr 22, 2017 · The Jesuit private school my brothers in law attended has a Principal as head of the academic side and a President, a Jesuit priest, as head of the administrative side (note …

Aug 5, 2022 · Most likely you are conflating two different expressions on the tip of my tongue and off the top of my head and ending up with on the top of my head. With on on the tip of my …

I'm afraid I have to disagree here. From my understanding, and a recent article in the Atlantic, derived from the new text Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern …

Jan 20, 2011 · A noggin as a mug was made in Germanic cultures to look like a head. It was a caricature of a head and ugly like a troll's head. So when used to refer to a person's head it …

Dec 12, 2013 · [from the cartoon image of a light bulb lighting up above a character's head when he or she has an idea] Related to the concept of light providing an answer, is the noun. …

Mar 10, 2015 · In English, shaking your head means turning it side to side (to the right and left) a few times. It's a rotation around the vertical axis only; the head does not tilt or change its angle …