get one's head straight

Definitions

To clear one's mind; to think clearly.

colloquial, idiomatic, transitive

Examples

“It took me a long time to get⟳ my head straight. I met this woman. She was on welfare, had two children, practically illiterate she was; she could barely read⟳ the labels on canned food. Lucky they had pictures on most food.”

“I would need⟳ to get⟳ my head straight before I hurt⟳ somebody. Speaking of getting my head straight, I couldn't stand⟳ to look⟳ at myself in the mirror. My hair was a hot mess. So of course I called the Dominicans and booked yet another[…]”

“He had suggested that I should ask⟳ my brother to come⟳ and live⟳ with me in Nightingale Square. Not permanently, just until he got his head straight and some of our mother's inuence out of his system. Jacob thought that being so close⟳ to[…]”

“Hell, don't come⟳ to Sweden if you don't want⟳ to. Go to Australia or Cancun or Timbuktu for all I care. Just get⟳ away for a while so you can get⟳ your head straight. The boys are going to need⟳ you to have⟳ your shit together when the[…]”

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