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
Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection. forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark
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
A good thing to blow the smoke out of one's head.
From House of Mirth by Wharton, Edith
That little rascal might steal the teeth out of one’s head, without being noticed!
From Holiday House A Series of Tales by Sinclair, Catherine
