Idiom
head for the hills
Meaning
To go to a safe place; to seek refuge; to flee.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“When the storm started, we headed for the hills.”
“As soon as the angry crowd began to gather outside the office, the manager decided to head for the hills.”
“Realizing that the political situation had become dangerously unstable, the diplomat chose to head for the hills before the borders closed entirely.”
Examples
simple
“When the storm started, we headed for the hills.”
contextual
“As soon as the angry crowd began to gather outside the office, the manager decided to head for the hills.”
complex
“Realizing that the political situation had become dangerously unstable, the diplomat chose to head for the hills before the borders closed entirely.”
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