out of one's head

Example Sentences

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Especially valuable is the baku, a mystical pachyderm capable of sucking dreams — and nightmares — straight out of one’s head.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Or is it?—ah! one should put that out of one's head.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Seems to wash the cobwebs out of one’s head.

From Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris by Spurrier, Steven

But I could not hit upon one, and besides Parmiter made such a to-do over brushing my clothes this morning that that alone was enough to drive all reasoning out of one's head.

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

But one must needs interfere, must be doing something to deaden reflection, to hunt the wretched thoughts that torment one out of one's head.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann