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Synonyms

get into one's head

Idioms  

  1. Also,. Form an impression, idea, or plan. For example, What strange idea has she got into her head? or He took it into his head that you want to quit. [Late 1600s] Also see get through one's head.

Example Sentences

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It is quite strange what fancies get into one's head when one is—sick—heart-sick.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

What fancies one does get into one’s head at a time like this!

From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold

Here, at last, I am resting from hard times at Marienbad, where the waters get into one's head, as my letter will probably show.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

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