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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toinfluencesomeone in a manner that significantly changes his or her behavior.1901,Jack London,A Hyperborean Brew:[I]t was plain that power hadturned his head, and he would not be satisfied till all the power and all the wealth rested in his own hands. So he became swollen with pride, forgot it was I that had placed him there, and made preparations to destroy me.1906,Mark Twain, chapter 1, inChapters from My Autobiography:I should not want him to make a fortune—let that come later. It couldturn his head, at his time of life, and in many ways be a damage to him.; (idiomatic)Toattractsomeone'sromanticinterest.1900,Irving Bacheller, chapter 20, inEben Holden: A Tale of the North Country:Young men at Hillsborough—many of whom, I felt sure, had a smarter look than I—had bid stubbornly for her favour. I wondered, often, it did notturn her head—this tribute of rustic admiration.1904,Harold MacGrath, chapter 2, inThe Man On The Box:I often marvel that the women did notturn his head.2017,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Bad Dad, London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:“I can believe I was in love with you,” replied Dad. “But you were different then, Rita. Before Mr Big came along andturned your headwith his riches.”
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