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To give head

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {To be out of one's head}, to be temporarily insane.

   {To come or draw to a head}. See under {Come}, {Draw}.

   {To give (one) the head}, or {To give head}, to let go, or to
      give up, control; to free from restraint; to give license.
      ``He gave his able horse the head.'' --Shak. ``He has so
      long given his unruly passions their head.'' --South.

   {To his head}, before his face. ``An uncivil answer from a
      son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor,
      is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his
      house or revile him to his head.'' --Jer. Taylor.

   {To lay heads together}, to consult; to conspire.

   {To lose one's head}, to lose presence of mind.

   {To make head}, or {To make head against}, to resist with
      success; to advance.

   {To show one's head}, to appear. --Shak.

   {To turn head}, to turn the face or front. ``The ravishers
      turn head, the fight renews.'' --Dryden.
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