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off one's head (or out of one's head)

off one's head (or out of one's head) {adj.}

Mad or delirious.

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[head] See: [ACID HEAD], [BEAT INTO ONE'S HEAD], [BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL], [BIG HEAD], [COUNT HEADS], [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], [FROM HEAD TO FOOT], [GET […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

head-on

[head-on] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. With the head or front pointing at; with the front facing; front end to front end. * /Our car skidded into a head-on crash […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[head up] {v.}, {informal} 1. To be at the head or front of. * /The elephants headed up the whole parade./ 2. To be the leader or boss of. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

head over heels

[head over heels] also [heels over head] 1a. In a somersault; upside down; head first. * /It was so dark Bob fell head over heels into a big hole in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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