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swelled head, have a
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Idioms and Phrases
Be conceited, as in Winning all those prizes has not given her a swelled head, at least not yet . This idiom began as be swellheaded , first recorded in 1817. The present form dates from about 1860. For a synonym see big head .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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