Meaning of one's head off | Babel Free

Definitions

Without restraint, hesitation, or inhibition; endlessly.

Examples

“He has been worrying his head off all morning about how he will do on the finals.”

“[Tom] said now she couldn’t ever count⟳ them spoons twice alike again to save⟳ her life; and wouldn’t believe⟳ she’d counted them right, if she did! and said that after she’d about counted her head off, for the next three days, he judged she’d give⟳ it up and offer⟳ to kill⟳ anybody that wanted her to ever count⟳ them any more.”

“1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, New York: HarperFlamingo, p. 103, Late in the fall⟳, the milky green bushes surrounding every house and path suddenly revealed themselves as poinsettias. They bloomed their heads off and Christmas rang out in the sticky heat […]”

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