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head over heels

Completely, thoroughly, as in They fell head over heels in love. This expression originated in the 1300s as heels over head and meant literally being upside down. It took its present form in the 1700s and its present meaning in the 1800s.

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It’s impossible not to be charmed by her, and even easier to see how men like John and Harry, who seem so different from one another, could fall head over heels for Lucy.

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The rapper took her to upscale restaurants and she described herself as "head over heels" for him.

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De Lesseps had fallen head over heels in love with Tom D’Agostino Jr., a businessman and fixture in New York’s social scene, whom she had been dating for just four weeks.

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In other words, the Last Frontier is not exactly head over heels for Trump.

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Maybe Kilmer strayed from that rigid path too often for some people’s liking, but his deviations from the expected also made hundreds more fall head over heels for his work.

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