turned someone's head
turned someone's head is the simple past and past participle of turn someone's head.
Meaning of turn someone's head
Verb
turn someone's head (third-person singular simple present turns someone's head, present participle turning someone's head, simple past and past participle turned someone's head)
- To influence someone in a manner that significantly changes his or her behavior.
- [I]t was plain that power had turned his head, and he would not be satisfied till all the power and all the wealth rested in his own hands. So he became swollen with pride, forgot it was I that had placed him there, and made preparations to destroy me.1901, Jack London, A Hyperborean Brew
- Synonyms:
- go to someone's head
- To attract someone's romantic interest.
- Young men at Hillsborough—many of whom, I felt sure, had a smarter look than I—had bid stubbornly for her favour. I wondered, often, it did not turn her head—this tribute of rustic admiration.1900, Irving Bacheller, chapter 20, in Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country
- Synonyms:
- light someone's fire
Questions about turned someone's head
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