head-on

Definitions

1. 1

   Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal

   Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating; uncompromising

   • a head-on approach to a problem
2. 2

   Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion.

   • Getting into a head-on collision is dangerous.
   • This secondary collision, head-on with a closing speed of 142mph, caused the DVT to veer off to the left. Many of the coaches behind it overturned and careered into an adjacent field.
3. 3

   With the front of a vehicle.

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   1. 4

      With direct confrontation.

      • And there is little research to address the issue head on. A previous study, published in 2000, surveyed doctors and found that three quarters of them said some patients addressed them by their first name.
   2. 5

      A collision from the front.

      • He was injured in a head-on with a larger vehicle.

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