head+off

  • 61bite someone's head off — idi bite someone s head off, to respond with anger or impatience to someone s question or comment …

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  • 62talk one's head off — phrasal : to talk to one volubly and unremittingly are shy at first, but once they get to know you, they ll talk your head off …

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  • 63- one's head off — talk, laugh, etc., unrestrainedly he was drunk as a skunk and singing his head off …

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  • 64bite somebody's head off — bite/snap sb s ˈhead off idiom (informal) to shout at sb in an angry way, especially without reason Main entry: ↑headidiom …

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  • 65snap somebody's head off — bite/snap sb s ˈhead off idiom (informal) to shout at sb in an angry way, especially without reason Main entry: ↑headidiom …

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  • 66I'll knock your head off! — I ll knock your ˈblock/ˈhead off! idiom (BrE, informal) used to threaten sb that you will hit them Main entry: ↑knockidiom …

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  • 67head — ► NOUN 1) the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2) a person in charge; a director or leader. 3) the front, forward, or upper part or end of something …

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  • 68off the top of your head — phrase immediately and without thinking very much Off the top of my head, I’d say we have about 200 members. Thesaurus: happening or done quickly, suddenly or immediatelysynonym Main entry: top * * * off the top of your head see ↑top …

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  • 69head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… …

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  • 70Head — (h[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Headed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heading}.] 1. To be at the head of; to put one s self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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