heels+over+head

  • 11head over heels — adverb in disorderly haste we ran head over heels toward the shelter • Syn: ↑heels over head, ↑topsy turvy, ↑topsy turvily, ↑in great confusion * * * 1) turning over completely in forward motion, as in a somersault 2) (also head over heels in… …

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  • 12head over heels — also[heels over head] 1a. In a somersault; upside down; head first. * /It was so dark Bob fell head over heels into a big hole in the ground./ Compare: UPSIDE DOWN. 1b. In great confusion or disorder; hastily. * /The children all tried to come in …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13head over heels — also[heels over head] 1a. In a somersault; upside down; head first. * /It was so dark Bob fell head over heels into a big hole in the ground./ Compare: UPSIDE DOWN. 1b. In great confusion or disorder; hastily. * /The children all tried to come in …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14over — Synonyms and related words: SOL, a cut above, above, above and beyond, abovestairs, across, additionally, afresh, again, ago, ahead, airward, all about, all bets off, all included, all off, all over, all through, all up, aloft, aloof, also,… …

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  • 15head-foremost — ad. 1. With the head first, heels over head. 2. Rashly, hastily, precipitately, headlong, heels over head …

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  • 16head over heels — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, abruptly, anticlockwise, around, arsy varsy, ass over elbows, back to front, backwards, bottom side up, bottom up, capsized, carelessly, chiastic, clockwise, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely,… …

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  • 17head over heels — Over O ver ([=o] v[ e]r), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [ u]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [ o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. ype r, Skr. upari. [root]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper }, {Orlop}, {Super }, {Sovereign},… …

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  • 18Over — O ver ([=o] v[ e]r), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [ u]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [ o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. ype r, Skr. upari. [root]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper }, {Orlop}, {Super }, {Sovereign},… …

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  • 19Over all — Over O ver ([=o] v[ e]r), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [ u]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [ o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. ype r, Skr. upari. [root]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper }, {Orlop}, {Super }, {Sovereign},… …

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  • 20Over one's head — Over O ver ([=o] v[ e]r), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [ u]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [ o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. ype r, Skr. upari. [root]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper }, {Orlop}, {Super }, {Sovereign},… …

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