English Explanatory Dictionary

take something to the head

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To consume or ingest (e.g. food, drink, drugs, etc.) through the mouth or by snorting; to take.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, something, to, the, head.

Word forms

take something to the head takes something to the head taking something to the head took something to the head taken something to the head take something to the face

Etymology

From literally lifting something toward the head and face in order to consume it.

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