Idioms: Head for, Head for the hills, Head for the setting sun

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Idioms:  head for

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Proceed or go in a certain direction, as in:

• I'm heading for town, or 
• I believe Karen and Jane are heading for a big quarrel. 

This expression, which uses head in the sense of "advance toward," is occasionally amplified with a figurative destination, especially in the American West. For example: 

(1) head for the hills means "to run away to high and safer ground" or "to flee from danger." It is often used facetiously, as in: 

• Here comes that old bore--head for the hills! 

(2) Head for the setting sun alludes to where a wanted man or outlaw went when a law-enforcement agent was close behind him, that is, farther west, and 

(3) head for the last roundup means "to die." [Early 1800s]