put into one's own head

verb

to convince oneself that something is the case

Meanings

verbput into one's own head (third-person singular simple present puts into one's own head, present participle putting into one's own head, simple past and past participle put into one's own head)

present singular third person puts into one's own head · participle present putting into one's own head

  1. idiomaticto convince oneself that something is the case
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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