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
A good thing to blow the smoke out of one's head.
From House of Mirth by Wharton, Edith
These election matters put every thing else out of one's head.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
Lebanon, a sort of Bedlam, where the exorcising monks beat the devil out of one’s head with clouted shoes.––Editor.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Mr. Severne remarked, "Such an occurrence puts pleasure out of one's head."
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles