From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe headingbe heading (also be headed) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you are heading for a particular situation, especially a bad one, it seems likely to happenbe heading for
Forecasters predict the region’s economy is heading for disaster.
Where is your life heading? →headExamples from the Corpushead for• I'm worried about Molly. She looks as if she's heading for a nervousbreakdown.• There are fears that the company could be heading forclosure, following a bad year.• Anyone who simply returns to the same repetitiveactivity is heading forfurthertrouble - especially if their technique is at fault.• On top of that, you are heading for new destinations without ever having to pack or unpack.• He turned down a street leading to the coastroad, and Ruth knew he was heading for Starr Hills.• They were heading for the bullseye to begin with, but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up.• These guys are heading for the Motorway.• Ironically, the IronArrowparticipants were heading for the offices of Professor Heckerling, whom they planned to induct that day.• The buzzard was heading for the updraft above the Edge, and nothing was going to deter it.• Podesta, according to sources, had seen earlier that the pardonprocess was heading for trouble.
