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head-on

  [hed-on, -awn]
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–adjective
1. (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision.
2. facing the direction of forward motion or alignment; frontal.
3. characterized by direct opposition: a head-on confrontation.
–adverb
4. with the front or head foremost, esp. in a collision: She stepped out of the front door and walked head-on into her husband.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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head-on   (hěd'ŏn', -ôn')
adv.  

  1. With the head or front first: The cars crashed head-on.

  2. In open conflict; in direct opposition: "I have wondered since whether it would have been wiser to meet the issue head-on" (Henry A. Kissinger).

adj.  

  1. Facing forward; frontal.

  2. With the front end foremost: a head-on collision.

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