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goes to someone's head

goes to someone's head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to someone's head.

Meaning of go to someone's head

Verb

go to someone's head (third-person singular simple present goes to someone's head, present participle going to someone's head, simple past went to someone's head, past participle gone to someone's head)

  1. (idiomatic) To cloud one's thinking, as do alcohol and many drugs.
    • That one glass has gone to my head, that is, touched my brain; slightly, to be sure, but enough to weaken my will.1886, John Bartholomew Gough, Lyman Abbott, Platform Echos; or, Living Truths for Head and Heart
  2. (idiomatic) To greatly raise one's conception of their social status or accomplishments.
    • He caught the biggest fish on record and it really went to his head.

Questions about goes to someone's head

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Goes to someone's head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to someone's head.

Words near goes to someone's head in the dictionary

  1. goes to seed
  2. goes to shit
  3. goes to show
  4. goes to sleep
  5. goes to smash
  6. goes to someone's head
  7. goes to the bad
  8. goes to the bathroom
  9. goes to the bow-wows
  10. goes to the country
  11. goes to the devil

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