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go to one's head

Idioms  

  1. Make one dizzy or drunk, as in Wine always goes to her head . [c. 1900]

  2. Make one proud or vain, as in All this money is going to his head . [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

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It’d be easy to let this flush of a time go to one’s head.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2019

I think week-ending is apt to go to one's head, anyway.

From Patty's Suitors by Wells, Carolyn

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