go head over heels
Example Sentences
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In fact, they have so much power behind that they find going downhill awkward, and sometimes, in flight down a steep place, they may actually go head over heels.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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This ship looks also as if she would go head over heels much more easily than the 'Furious.'
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
Mr. Ledge has done all he could to build things to catch hold of where you'd go head over heels to heaven if he hadn't, but it's a awful walk still.
From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne
"How is it you didn't go head over heels?" asked the boldest of all, addressing Natasha directly.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
I guess not; but haven't you seen a bear when chased and tired go head over heels?
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler