What does over the head mean?

over the head

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English

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"She hit me over the head with a baseball bat."
"After I said that, they would not give me a break. They just kept beating me over the head with it."
"Her exploration of emotion, too, is slightly muted. You have to stop and consult yourself. Pain — or joy or passion — creep up afterwards. These poems never hit you over the head."

over one's head hang over someone's head

over one's head hang over someone's head

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