get through one's head

verb

To come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept.

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Meanings

verbget through one's head (third-person singular simple present gets through one's head, present participle getting through one's head, simple past got through one's head, past participle (UK) got through one's head or (US) gotten through one's head)

present singular third person gets through one's head · participle present getting through one's head · past got through one's head · UK participle past got through one's head · US participle past gotten through one's head

  1. idiomaticTo come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept.

    He still couldn't get through his head that she was interested in him. Outside of Gloria Williams, the little girl next door who suddenly moved away, he couldn't remember anyone who paid that much attention to him.

    2000, Terry Larson, House of Parrotise
    1 more example

    Pearl nodded obediently, pretending understanding. "If Jack can get his back off the bed in the morning, and get it through his thick head that he has to do his share of mucking out and grooming, not just riding the gee-gees, he ́ll be laughing.[…]"

    2017, India Millar, Pearl´s Story
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Chicago

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