get into one's head

Idioms and Phrases

Also, get or take it into one's head . Form an impression, idea, or plan. For example, What strange idea has she got into her head? or He took it into his head that you want to quit . [Late 1600s] Also see get through one's head .

Example Sentences

Here, at last, I am resting from hard times at Marienbad, where the waters get into one's head, as my letter will probably show.

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What fancies one does get into one’s head at a time like this!

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To get into one's head what we had to look at on the upper half of the Beardmore, imagine a moderate straight slope: this is the Glacier like a giant road, white except where the sun has melted the snow and bared the blue ice.

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It is quite strange what fancies get into one's head when one is—sick—heart-sick.

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Related Words

• catch
• follow
• gain
• hear
• know
• learn
• look at
• pick up
• receive
• see