Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go to someone's head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: go -to -some-one's -head
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strongly affect a person, especially to the detriment of his or her senses or mental faculties.

verb

To strongly affect a person, especially to the detriment of his or her senses or mental faculties.

Example Sentences

"That one glass has gone to my head, that is, touched my brain; slightly, to be sure, but enough to weaken my will."
"Moreover, Dolores' promise had gone to my head like new wine."
"Oh, red, red wine / She goes to my head / The blue cigarette / And your Italian bed"
"I'm gonna start a revolution from my bed / 'Cause you said the brains I had went to my head"
"For I am a man of many sorrows. Yet there is no necessity for me to sit sobbing and sighing in someone else's house. Unremitting grief is tiresome and I'm afraid some of your maids or you yourself might lose patience with me and conclude it was the wine that had gone to my head and released this flood of tears."
"He caught the biggest fish on record and it really went to his head."

Inflected Forms

goes to someone's head (present, singular) going to someone's head (participle, present) went to someone's head (past) gone to someone's head (participle, past)

Synonyms

turn someone's head

Questions

What does go to someone's head mean?: To strongly affect a person, especially to the detriment of his or her senses or mental faculties.

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