The phrase "attack head on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing confronting a problem or challenge directly and without hesitation.
Example: "In order to resolve the ongoing issues, we need to attack head on the root causes of the conflict."
Alternatives: "confront directly" or "tackle boldly".
While heading back to base, Johnson attacked an alert Fw 190 which met his attack head on.
The brigade was to attack head on, while the rest of the division circled around to attack the flanks.
The German troops were reluctant to attack head on once again, and Sergeant Vinz Kulbach pleaded with the officers of the 9th Fallschirmjaeger Regiment to allow his men to flank the Americans in the dusk.
As I have written before, there is one glaring weakness in Obama's ability to attract the broad center and the independent voters who decide elections, and that is his failure to endorse and fight for the Simpson-Bowles Deficit Commission's bipartisan recommendations to attack head on the nation's $15 trillion national debt.
"This will attack head-on the problem of illegal substandard housing," Mr. Petrone said.
A decade after 9/11, Amy Waldman's nervy and absorbing new novel, "The Submission," tackles the aftermath of such a terrorist attack head-on.
Calderón promised better public safety, and so far his strategy to achieve this has been to attack, head-on, the drug cartels.
Page B6 Arts NOVEL ON AFTERMATH OF ATTACK MIRRORING 9/11 A decade after 9/11, Amy Waldman's nervy and absorbing new novel, "The Submission," tackles the aftermath of such a terrorist attack head-on.
Smollett kept the tone mostly celebratory through his hour-long set before addressing the attack head-on toward the end of his hour-long set, when he told the crowd he wanted to clarify a few things.
Calhoun called for a pick-and-roll before quickly reconsidering and telling Robertson (14 points) to penetrate and take the ball to Woods, who Calhoun felt was easier to attack head-on.
But Mr. Campbell did attack head-on the weakest points in his case, the credibility of three of his own witnesses, whom the defense had savaged in cross-examination.
