单词 | to put out of a person's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also drive) out of a person's head (c) to put (also drive) out of a person's head: to cause a person to forget; to drive from a person's thoughts. Cf. to put out of —— 1b at put v. Phrasal verbs 2. Also to put out of one's head: to abandon any idea or hope of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > cause to forget to put (also drive) out of a person's head1550 magic1906 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > give up or discontinue discontinuec1425 to give upa1616 to put out of one's head1784 1550 N. Lesse tr. St. Augustine Of Vertue of Perseueraunce viii, in tr. St. Augustine Predestination of Saints sig. Pvv To put it clean out of his head, that he be no more combered therwith, it is vnpossible [no exact equivalent in L. original]. 1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting v. xvii. 77v What man..will beare so greate a benefite in minde, anie longer than till the next matter that commes may put it out of his head? 1660 J. Tatham Rump iv. 49 I was just thinking of State-Affairs, and She has put all out of my head. 1682 A. Marsh Ten Pleasures of Marriage ii. 48 Your Wife [will] get more friends to accompany her, and drive fancies out of her head. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. vii. 249 The Confusion into which he was thrown..had altogether driven former Thoughts out of his Head. View more context for this quotation 1784 J. O'Keeffe Poor Soldier ii. iii. 24 Eh!—what!—you marry her!—No such thing—put it out of your head. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiv. 310 You said something just now that put every thing out of my head. 1858 M. A. Paul Maiden Sisters xxxiv. 291 The sooner she can put that long Colonel out of her head, the better. 1888 H. R. Haggard Maiwa's Revenge viii. 194 For the moment that miserable ivory had driven the recollection of him out of my head. 1919 ‘L. Malet’ Deadham Hard iii. iv. 254 Other things happened which rather put him out of my head. 1953 J. Griffin tr. J. Giono Horseman on Roof (1954) vi. 151 I couldn't possibly lend you any bowl or dish, put that out of your head. 1961 Boys' Life Sept. 54/1 I can't drive these heathen notions out of his head. 2006 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 22 Jan. (You Mag.) 44 Any thoughts of a career in music were put out of her head by an early marriage and the arrival of her son. < as lemmas |
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