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going to someone's head

going to someone's head is the present participle and gerund 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 going to someone's head

What is going to someone's head the present participle and gerund of?
Going to someone's head is the present participle and gerund of go to someone's head.

Words near going to someone's head in the dictionary

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

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