turn someone's head
The idiom "turn someone's head" has versatile meanings, often involving significant influence or romantic attraction.
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Definition
B2General
(informal, idiomatic)To capture someone's attention or interest, often distracting them from their usual focus.
Example
- The new employee's innovative ideas turned the manager's head.
B2Behavior
(informal, idiomatic)To flatter or impress someone to the point of making them feel overly proud or self-important.
Example
- His recent promotion has really turned his head.
B2Romance
(informal, idiomatic)To attract someone's romantic interest.
Example
- Her charm and beauty turned his head the moment he saw her.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "turn someone's head":
have someone's headgo to someone's headtake someone's head offturn on its headblow someone's mindget into someone's headhand someone his headgo over someone's headsweep someone off their feet