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lived rent-free in someone's head

lived rent-free in someone's head is the simple past and past participle of live rent-free in someone's head.

Meaning of live rent-free in someone's head

Verb

live rent-free in someone's head (third-person singular simple present lives rent-free in someone's head, present participle living rent-free in someone's head, simple past and past participle lived rent-free in someone's head)

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal) To be the perpetual focus of someone's thoughts, with that person having no control over this situation.
    • Gem of the Day: Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent free in your head.1990 March 8, Ann Landers [Eppie Lederer], “Breast cancer is in her family”, in Daily American, volume 62, number 210, Somerset, Pa., page 12

Questions about lived rent-free in someone's head

What is lived rent-free in someone's head the simple past and past participle of?
Lived rent-free in someone's head is the simple past and past participle of live rent-free in someone's head.

Words near lived rent-free in someone's head in the dictionary

  1. lived over the brush
  2. lived paycheck to paycheck
  3. lived paycheque to paycheque
  4. lived rent free in someone's head
  5. lived rent free in someone's mind
  6. lived rent-free in someone's head
  7. lived rent-free in someone's mind
  8. lived rough
  9. lived tally
  10. lived the dream
  11. lived through

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