"head for the hills" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-head for the hills.ogg Forms: heads for the hills [present, singular, third-person], heading for the hills [participle, present], headed for the hills [participle, past], headed for the hills [past]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-head_for_the_hills-en-verb-Zrd3FaPP
  2. (idiomatic) To go to a safe place; to seek refuge; to flee. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-head_for_the_hills-en-verb-IHBHLRfm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

Inflected forms

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