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hand over head en · ADV
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable, obsolete) Negligently; 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: