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gone to someone's head

gone to someone's head is the past participle 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 gone to someone's head

What is gone to someone's head the past participle of?
Gone to someone's head is the past participle of go to someone's head.

Words near gone to someone's head in the dictionary

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

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