Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get one's head straight

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: get one's -head- s-traight
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clear one's mind; to think clearly.

Colloquial; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It took me a long time to get my head straight. I met this woman. She was on welfare, had two children, practically illiterate she was; she could barely read the labels on canned food. Lucky they had pictures on most food."
"I would need to get my head straight before I hurt somebody. Speaking of getting my head straight, I couldn't stand to look at myself in the mirror. My hair was a hot mess. So of course I called the Dominicans and booked yet another[…]"
"He had suggested that I should ask my brother to come and live with me in Nightingale Square. Not permanently, just until he got his head straight and some of our mother's inuence out of his system. Jacob thought that being so close to[…]"
"Hell, don't come to Sweden if you don't want to. Go to Australia or Cancun or Timbuktu for all I care. Just get away for a while so you can get your head straight. The boys are going to need you to have your shit together when the[…]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets one's head straight (present, singular) getting one's head straight (participle, present) got one's head straight (past) got one's head straight (UK, participle) gotten one's head straight (US, participle)

Questions

What does get one's head straight mean?: To clear one's mind; to think clearly.

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