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went to someone's head

went to someone's head is the simple past 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 went to someone's head

What is went to someone's head the simple past of?
Went to someone's head is the simple past of go to someone's head.

Words near went to someone's head in the dictionary

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

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