on your etc own head be it Definition

head
noun

1. The uppermost or foremost part of an animal's body, containing the brain and the organs of sight, smell, hearing and taste.

Thesaurus: skull, brain, cranium, crown, pate, scalp, noggin (slang), noodle (US slang), bean (US slang).
2. The head thought of as the seat of intelligence, imagination, ability, etc.

Example: Use your head
Example: You need a good head for heights
Thesaurus: intelligence, aptitude, mentality, mind, bean (US slang).
3. Something like a head in form or function, eg the top of a tool.
4. The person with the most authority in an organization, country, etc.

Thesaurus: ruler, leader, boss, supervisor, commander, director, manager; Antonym: subordinate.
5. The position of being in charge.
6. colloq
A head teacher or principal teacher.
7. The top or upper part of something, eg a table or bed.
8. The highest point of something.

Example: the head of the pass
Thesaurus: top, crest, peak, summit, apex, acme, height, vertex.
9. The front or forward part of something, eg a queue.
10. The foam on top of a glass of beer, lager, etc.
11. The top part of a plant which produces leaves or flowers.
12. A culmination or crisis.

Example: Things came to a head
Thesaurus: climax, crisis, turning point, culmination, end, conclusion.
13. The pus-filled top of a boil or spot.
head
14. A person, animal or individual considered as a unit.

Example: 600 head of cattle
Example: The meal cost £10 a head
15. colloq
A headache.
16. The source of a river, lake, etc.

Thesaurus: beginning, start, source, fore, front, origin.
17. The height or length of a head, used as a measurement.

Example: He won by a head
Example: She's a head taller than her brother
18. A headland.

Example: Beachy Head
19a. ) the height of the surface of a liquid above a specific point, especially as a measure of the pressure at that point;

Example: a head of six metres
19b. Water pressure, due to height or velocity, measured in terms of a vertical column of water;
19c. Any pressure.

Example: a full head of steam
20. An electromagnetic device in a tape recorder, video recorder, computer, etc for converting electrical signals into the recorded form on tapes or disks, or vice versa, or for erasing recorded material.
21. The side of a coin bearing the head of a monarch, etc. Compare tails at tail noun 7.

Form: heads
22. A headline or heading.

Form: heads (often)
23. A main point of an argument, discourse, etc.
24. naut., slang
A ship's toilet.
Form: heads (often)
25. The taut membrane of a tambourine, drum, etc.
26. colloq
A drug-user, especially one who takes LSD or cannabis. Usually in compounds.
Example: acid head
Example: smack head
27. mining.
An underground passage for working the coal.
28. The final point of a route. Also in compounds.

Example: railhead
29a. For or belonging to the head;

Example: headband
Example: head cold
29b. Chief; principal;

Example: head gardener
Thesaurus: chief, dominant, first, foremost, leading, main, top, preeminent, premier, principal, supreme.
29c. At, or coming from, the front.

Example: head wind

verb headed, heading

1. To be at the front of or top of something.

Example: to head the queue
2. To be in charge of it, or in the most important position.

Thesaurus: lead, command, direct, govern, guide, point, manage, oversee, supervise.
Form: head up something (often)
tr & intr
3. To move or cause to move in a certain direction.

Example: They are heading for home
Thesaurus: aim for, direct towards, gravitate towards, make for, point to, steer for, turn for, zero in on.
Form: head for somewhere (often)
tr & intr
4. To turn or steer (a vessel) in a particular direction.

Example: They headed into the wind
5. To provide with or be (a headline or heading) at the beginning of a chapter, top of a letter, etc.
6. football.
To hit (the ball) with one's head.
7a. To chop off the top branches or shoots of a plant, etc;
intr
7b. Said of a plant, etc: to form a head.
intr
8. Said of streams, rivers, etc: to originate or rise.

Idiom: above one's head (over one's head)

Too difficult for one to understand.

Idiom: against the head

Said of the ball in a rugby scrum, or of the scrum itself: won by the team not putting the ball in.

Idiom: bang one's head against a brick wall

To try in vain to make someone understand something, agree with your point of view, etc

Idiom: bite someone's head off (snap someone's head off)

To speak sharply to them.

Idiom: bring to a head (come to a head)

To reach or cause to reach a climax or crisis.

Idiom: give a horse its head

To let it go where, and as quickly as, it chooses.

Idiom: give head

coarse slang
To perform oral sex.

Idiom: give someone his head (give someone her head)

To allow them to act freely and without restraint.

Idiom: go to one's head

Said of alcoholic drink: to make one slightly intoxicated.

Said of praise, success, etc: to make one conceited.

Idiom: have a good head on one's shoulders

To be sensible, have ability, etc.

Idiom: have one's head in the clouds

To be inattentive to what is said.

To have impractical or unrealistic thoughts, ideas, etc.

Idiom: have one's head screwed on (the right way)

To be sensible, bright, etc.

Idiom: head and shoulders

By a considerable amount; to a considerable degree.
Example: He's head and shoulders above his competitors

Idiom: headfirst

Moving especially quickly with one's head in front or bent forward.

Without thinking; rashly.
Thesaurus: hastily, rashly, recklessly, impetuously, precipitately, pell-mell, helter-skelter.

Idiom: head over heels

Rolling over completely with the head first.

Completely.
Example: He's head over heels in love
Thesaurus: completely, entirely, unreservedly, thoroughly, utterly, wholeheartedly, recklessly, wildly, uncontrollably.

Idiom: hold up one's head

To be unashamed.

Idiom: keep one's head

To remain calm and sensible in a crisis.

Idiom: keep one's head above water

To manage to cope with problems, especially financial ones.

Idiom: lose one's head

To become angry, excited or act foolishly, particularly in a crisis.
Thesaurus: take leave of one's senses, go mad, become angry, become excited, rave, lose one's cool (slang).

Idiom: not get it into one's head

To be unable to come to terms with or understand something.

Idiom: not make head or tail of something

To not understand it.

Idiom: off one's head

colloq
Mad; crazy.

Idiom: off one's (own) head

At one's (own) risk or responsibility.

Idiom: off the top of one's head

colloq
Without much thought or calculation.

Idiom: on your etc own head be it

You etc will bear the full responsibility for your, etc actions.

Idiom: out of one's head

colloq
Mad, crazy.

Of one's own invention.

Idiom: over someone's head

Without considering the obvious candidate.
Example: He was promoted over the head of his supervisor

Referring to a higher authority without consulting the person in the obvious position.
Example: She complained to the director, over the head of the managing editor

Too difficult for them to understand.
Example: Her jokes are always over my head

Idiom: put one's head on the block

To stick one's neck out, running the risk of censure, etc.

Idiom: put our heads together (put your heads together, put their heads together)

To consult together.

Idiom: take it into one's head (get it into one's head)

To decide to do something, usually foolishly.

To come to believe something, usually wrongly.

Idiom: turn someone's head

To make them vain and conceited.

To attract their attention.
Example: Those rubber shorts will turn a few heads

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon heafod.

Phrasal Verb: head off

To leave
Example: I want to head off before it gets too dark.

Phrasal Verb: head someone or something off

To get ahead of them so as to intercept them and force them to turn back
Example: We managed to head off the rams.

Phrasal Verb: head something off

To prevent or hinder it
Example: We wish to head off possible unrest.