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Definition of headlong adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

headlong

adjective
 
/ˈhedlɒŋ/
 
/ˈhedlɔːŋ/
[only before noun]
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  1. with the head first and the rest of the body following
    • a headlong dive/fall
  2. done without thinking carefully before doing something
    • the country's headlong dash to capitalism
  3. quick and done without looking where you are going
    • Rather than have a headlong collision, the driver swerved in front of the bus.

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