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Meaning of over the head | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, head.
Dished out in an overly censorious way.

Examples

“She hit me over the head with a baseball bat.”

“After I said that, they would not give me a break. They just kept beating me over the head with it.”

“Her exploration of emotion, too, is slightly muted. You have to stop and consult yourself. Pain — or joy or passion — creep up afterwards. These poems never hit you over the head.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

over the hill over the hump over the left over the left shoulder over the line over the moon