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

One's eyes, you understand, simply crawl out of one's head.

From Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by West, Julius

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

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

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

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