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HEAD OVER HEELS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does head over heels mean?
• HEAD OVER HEELS (adverb)
The adverb HEAD OVER HEELS has 1 sense:
1. in disorderly haste
Familiarity information: HEAD OVER HEELS used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In disorderly haste
Synonyms:
head over heels; heels over head; in great confusion; topsy-turvily; topsy-turvy
Context example:
we ran head over heels toward the shelter
Context examples
Then he began to read again—light novels, and poetry; and after several days more he was head over heels in his long-neglected Fiske.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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