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

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

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

"You see," observed Susan, "when it's such fine weather it puts one's feet out of one's head."

From The Stokesley Secret by Yonge, Charlotte Mary