put our heads together

Idioms  

1. Also, put their heads together. Discuss or plan something among ourselves (or themselves), as in Let's put our heads together and figure out what we can give him for his birthday. This idiom, alluding to combining mental forces, originated in the late 1300s as lay our heads together and acquired its current form in the second half of the 1800s.

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Example Sentences

“As a nine year old in Germany, E.T. introduced me to the idea that there’s life outside planet earth. So for the last year, we all put our heads together to figure out how to put my own stamp on such an iconic character,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

“We just put our heads together and decided a bookstore would help make sure students could get to books that were being pulled from shelves,” says Decker, whose White Rose Books & More opened last fall in Kissimmee.

From Seattle Times

We put our heads together and came up with this list of the best gifts under $25 that we’ve ever received, from pasta monsters to squirrel tables.

From Slate

As Succession’s finale draws near, we put our heads together and came up with five theories about how the show will end.

From Slate

“NASCAR is working on it and we are all going to put our heads together and try to make short track racing better.”

From Seattle Times