go over someone's head
To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning…To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person.
Translations
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Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic)To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person.
She went over his head and took her complaint directly to the president of the company.
через голову
(idiomatic)To escape someone's comprehension.
I listened carefully, but the technical jargon went over my head.
Forms
goes over someone's head, going over someone's head, went over someone's head, gone over someone's headirregular · Lesson
| Base form | go over someone's head · to go over someone's head |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes over someone's head |
| Present participle | going over someone's head |
| Past simple | went over someone's head |
| Past participle | gone over someone's head |
Tenses
go over someone's head · went over someone's head · will go over someone's head · have gone over someone's headPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | go over someone's head |
| he, she, it | goes over someone's head |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have gone over someone's head |
| he, she, it | has gone over someone's head |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will go over someone's head |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | went over someone's head |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.