hand over head

adverb

Negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does.

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adverbhand over head (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableobsoleteNegligently; rashly; without seeing what one does.

    the facility of the titles, which hand - over - head have served their turn

    a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC
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