head for the hills

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head for the hills

verb heads for the hills · heading for the hills · headed for the hills

  1. To travel to a higher elevation, especially to a rural region on vacation. Modern campers look for comfort first when they head for the hills.
  2. idiomatic To go to a safe place; to seek refuge; to flee. Goldman Sachs warned that we are ‘only at the start of a steep downturn’ and advised investors to head for the hills.

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@misc{head_for_the_hills_2026,
  title = {head for the hills},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/head%20for%20the%20hills},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}