do someone's head in

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do someone's head in

verb does someone's head in · doing someone's head in · did someone's head in · done someone's head in

  1. Australia, UK, idiomatic, informal To frustrate, infuriate, irritate or disturb someone. Please stop reading the name of every sign we come across; it's doing my head in!

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verb irritate, disturb

Françaisprendre la tête
Deutschwahnsinnig machen, kirre machen, gaga machen
Русскийбесить besitʹ

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@misc{do_someone_s_head_in_2026,
  title = {do someone's head in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20someone's%20head%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}