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Also, on one's own head . As one's responsibility or fault, as in If the police catch you speeding it's on your own head . This idiom, dating from the 1300s, conjures up the image of blame or guilt falling on someone's head. Also see off one's head .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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