upside the head
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How do you square this with him fully signing off on a Gorsuch opinion smacking trial court judges upside the head?
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025
“It’s cumulative — it’s got to hit you upside the head more than once before you conclude that there’s just no point in doing this.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022
But remember, blowhard uncles don’t like to admit mistakes, so don’t hit them upside the head with dogma — just gently point them in the right direction.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2019
Well, I’d spent my youth in Cloud Cuckoo Land, hadn’t I, but Professor Zinn was there to whack me upside the head.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2019
That was Gum Baby whacking me upside the head as she climbed onto my shoulder with a yawn.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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